A team of British researchers has learned that gribble have a gift for digesting wood not seen in any other organism. Enzymes produced by the tiny creatures are able to break down woody cellulose and turn it into energy-rich sugars. This excites scientists investigating green fuel sources because it means gribble could hold the key to converting wood and straw into liquid biofuel.You learn something every day.
Photograph: Dr Simon Cragg and Graham Malyon/PA
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