Name: 【TED-Ed】Dead stuff: The secret ingredient in our food chain - John C. Moore
Uploaded: 2014-04-06T05:14:42.000Z
Duration: 3 min 51 s
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think about the rotting organisms and poop

that feed those plants, animals, and fungi.

So really, you and most of the matter in your body

are just two or three degrees of separation

Most of the organic matter in our bodies,

to transform carbon dioxide and water from the environment

to form leaves, stems, roots, fruit, and so on.

The energy stored in these organic molecules

supports the food chains with which we're familiar.

You've probably seen illustrations like this

to go their whole lives without being eaten,

All of these uneaten, undigested, and dead plant parts,

the base of what we call the brown food chain,

also happens to all other organisms up the food chain:

before dying and leaving their remains to decay.

so it actually forms the base of the brown food chain

with dead matter supporting that network at every step.

is no more than two degrees from detritus,

either feed directly on detritus themselves,

like pork, poultry, mushrooms, shellfish,

So, if you're thinking nature is full of waste,

But one organism's garbage is another's gold,

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【TED-Ed】Dead stuff: The secret ingredient in our food chain - John C. Moore

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