They really are the invisible foundation that all life rests on.
There is something like 10 Quintillion insects across the world that provide the baseline for most other higher creatures to survive in the food chain.
But without the unfathomable sea of microbes on and in almost every surface and organism life has no foundation.
It's both beautiful and creepy at the same time. Especially as we find out that signals from our gut microbiome influence our thoughts; how much are we really in control in the grand scheme of life and how much is the whims of natural process.
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They really are the invisible foundation that all life rests on.
There is something like 10 Quintillion insects across the world that provide the baseline for most other higher creatures to survive in the food chain.
But without the unfathomable sea of microbes on and in almost every surface and organism life has no foundation.
It's both beautiful and creepy at the same time. Especially as we find out that signals from our gut microbiome influence our thoughts; how much are we really in control in the grand scheme of life and how much is the whims of natural process.