There's a certain irony to this story. A genetically modified bug shits oil. Now I've heard everything.
It seems completely reasonable and appropriate. Now I have to teach my dog to shit light bulbs.
We've had the well known 'pasture pastry', now we have 'black microbrew.'
Times Online: Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol
He means bugs. To be more precise: the genetic alteration of bugs – very, very small ones – so that when they feed on agricultural waste such as woodchips or wheat straw, they do something extraordinary. They excrete crude oil.
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