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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (15 children)

Wait until you hear about deadly toxin producing bacteria.

You only need about 6 kg of Clostridium botulinum to produce enough toxins to kill all mammals on earth.

Assumptions:

  • weight of a single bacterium is 1 picogram
  • a single bacterium produces 0.5 picograms of toxin
  • All mammals on earth are 1.4 gigatons of mass
  • a lethal dose is 150 nanograms per kg
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Genocide is evolutionary beneficial for the toxin producer, maybe there's a ring of truth to it. Poison everything around you, free up resources for yourself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I always wondered if the toxin didn't kill the bacteria.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Bacteria doesn't have nerve cells.

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