Photo: Screenshot fromYouTube
Nature works in ways we sometimes can’t fully grasp.
This is especially true for slower processes that take months or years.
The results of this unique experiment are simply fascinating.
Photo: Screenshot fromYouTube
The effects of the soil on the cigarettes are almost immediate.
The humidity in the dirt dampens the paper in a matter of hours.
Only a day later, the cigarettes are already decaying and falling apart.
At this point, the true action begins.
The organisms living in the soil start taking over the tobacco and make it disappear.
The clever close-ups offer a sped up vision of the living beings in the jar disintegrating the cigarettes.
By the 200-day mark, only a few bits of the paper and the filters remain.
The moment of truth comes a year later, as the producer opens the glass container.
After taking all the dirt out, they spot the three cigarette filters.
