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A bag of Cheetos created a huge impact on a national park ecosystem (apnews.com)

submitted 1 month ago by jordanlund@lemmy.world to c/weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan

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"The bag could have been there a day or two or maybe just hours, but those salty morsels of processed corn made soft by thick humidity triggered the growth of mold on the cavern floor and on nearby cave formations.

“To the ecosystem of the cave it had a huge impact,” the park noted in a social media post, explaining that cave crickets, mites, spiders and flies soon organized to eat and disperse the foreign mess, essentially spreading the contamination."

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[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

"As for the spilled Cheetos, Ward told The Associated Press that could have been avoided because the park doesn’t allow food beyond the confines of the historic underground lunchroom."

I was going to say, one of the most exciting things for me as a kid visiting 30 years ago was you could buy a candy bar while down inside the cave. If this is such a mortal threat seems like a good step to take would be closing down the concession stand!