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Re:Microbes in cow stomachs can break down plastic by BugWatch on Saturday July 03, 2021 @10:11PM (#27726773)
This reminds me of that tale/urban legend/reality when, once upon a time, some cows were eating the old Trabant cars (that had an outer body made od some type of plastic).
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Re:Microbes in cow stomachs can break down plastic by Ygg2 on Saturday July 03, 2021 @11:57PM (#27727124)
Pretty sure that was pigs.

I remember seeing that scene in some Serbian movie.

Edit: It's a scene from Black cat, white cat by Emir Kusturica.

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Re:Microbes in cow stomachs can break down plastic by markvdb on Sunday July 04, 2021 @02:38AM (#27727700)
The Trabant bodywork was made of Duroplast[0], a thermosetting resin plastic reinforced with cotton waste from the Soviet Union.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duroplast

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