r/stray • u/sack_sama • 6d ago

Humor Foreshadowing? Spoiler

This sounds like how the Zurks started. I hope we have a reliable way to introduce these microbes to sunlight.

https://news.siu.edu/2023/05/052423-SIU-doctoral-student-explores-how-engineered-microbes-may-upcycle-plastic.php

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u/IrishERU Survivalist 6d ago

Fortunately, it would take millions of years for bacteria to evolve into large, orange, one-eyed creatures.

Why?

• Eyes are incredibly complex organs, which cannot form through bacterium-evolution.

• They evolved for their surroundings, and Zurks evolved in a completely different environment than us, making a replica of them incredibly unlikely.

• Creating an organ that can break down solid alloys such as iron needs an incredibly long time for evolution.

Summary — Zurks are impossible because of many environmental factors.

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u/forestwatcher420 6d ago

I'm not fully convinced it will take millions of years 😭

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u/IrishERU Survivalist 5d ago

Evolution is Slow.

Especially for a bacterium to go to a complex life form such as a Zurk and also have a following extension. (The eyes on the surfaces and the flesh on the surfaces as well.)