“When given a choice between uncontaminated and plastic-contaminated food, crickets first had no preference for uncontaminated food but then significantly shifted towards the plastic-contaminated food after nine days,” the paper reads. As a result, the crickets became more likely to consume larger plastic particles, as crickets won’t feed on anything that’s larger than their mouths. Related research has shown that consuming microplastics is also negatively affecting other critters, like marine snails and earthworms. On the surface, they seemed to be doing fine.”However, the fact that even tiny bugs in Antarctica are tainted with microplastics doesn’t bode well. More on microplastics: Doctors Find Evidence That Microplastics Are Degrading Your Bones