Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for January 09, 2021

And to think, this is the same cheese used for patty melts.

I’ve heard that most bacteria is actually beneficial, but what do I know? :P

Marigold sure has THAT right. The majority of the cells inside your skin belong to bacteria.

A ‘reference man’ (one who is 70 kilograms, 20–30 years old and 1.7 metres tall) contains on average about 30 trillion human cells and 39 trillion bacteria, say Ron Milo and Ron Sender at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and Shai Fuchs at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.

https://www.nature.com/news/scientists-bust-myth-that-our-bodies-have-more-bacteria-than-human-cells-1.19136

“But there are no bacteria in Mars, and directly these invaders arrived, directly they drank and fed, our microscopic allies began to work their overthrow.” — H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

It’s also a prudent reminder about the pitfalls of stereotyping.

Gut to have them.

“You have disgusted me, bacteria.”

We seriously do—life on Earth wouldn’t be anywhere near where it is now without them.

Pheobe has already learned two important facts, why Swiss cheese has holes and that reality is often disgusting.

Is that a gut feeling, Marigold?

Is that a gut feeling, Marigold?

Equines use the bacteria in their hindgut to help them digest their food. They are also the source of flatulence.

how germane

Couldn’t make bleu cheese without bacteria. And that would make buffalo wings less interesting.

I’ve been waiting all week for this.

When phoebe said bacteria I thought of covid

Let´s all just go with the unicorn on this one.

Heehee

That’s what cheese is – gone-off milk with bugs and mold! That’s why it tastes so good! Look, cows and bugs together have a good deal going down. Why can’t people grasp this?

most if not all cheese is resultant of bacteria. The major exception is the so-called “American cheese”.

Cheese is made by bacteria in the first place. Swiss cheese must be from farty bacteria.

The backtira seems more realistic but I am just gonna stick with the unicorn one

If all bacteria disappeared tomorrow we would all die. And our bodies would not decay.

i prefer the bacteria story

I’ve never liked Swiss cheese, and this did not help