Photo: Pedro Eduardo Allasi Condo
Currently, all living beings are in a delicate ecological balance, which has led us to use recycling as a way of life to be sustainable and friendly to the planet.
And although we still have a long way to go to achieve a 100% recycling culture, we can follow the example of several animals that do it on a daily basis.
1.- Birds
Many species of urban birds have managed to adapt to life in human environments by building nests, which often include anything from chains, paper clips, paper, plastic, to old newspapers.
2.- hermit
These have a very vulnerable body unlike other snails that have natural armor, so they tend to use glass bottles, cans, shotgun shells or even the shells of snails that have died to cover their abdomen.
3.- Orb-weaver
The design of a spider web can be as beautiful as it is lethal, and if you add it to it, the Orb-weaver spider recycles all types of leaves and twigs, which it uses as food to attract other insects and turn them into its food.
4.- Dung beetle
Recycling excrement, or poop, is something that the dung beetle does very well. This insect collects its own feces and uses it as a home, it is even its food and it deposits its eggs in it. By giving it the shape of a ball I was able to travel with everything essential to live and reproduce, it is like a mobile home where I can take the family for a walk.
5.- Octopus
Several species of mollusks, such as the veined octopus, when in danger, build a shelter with recycled materials. Researchers have documented how they carry out these acts by using coconut shells, glass bottles, and sea shells and entering them to protect themselves.
6.- Corals
75% of everyone in the world is threatened by the way their environment has been damaged, whether by the hand of man or nature.
And although the outlook seems unfavorable, the corals have managed to adapt. These organisms adhere to almost any surface, shipwrecks, underwater pipelines and even oil platforms.