Hungry caterpillars can brew exotic molecules in their guts

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01802-9

Nature, Published online: 13 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01802-9

Researchers fed moth larvae the chemical building blocks, and the insects’ enzymes did the rest.


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weirdboy@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

Especially if they eat one piece of chocolate cake, one ice cream cone, one pickle, one slice of cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon.