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Dropped Cheetos Could Have Triggered Ecosystem Chaos in Largest US Cave Chamber
"A spilled snack bag may seem trivial, but to the life of the cave it can be world-changing," said the National Park Service.
After an absent-minded guest left a bag of Cheetos deep within Carlsbad Caverns, the National Park Service (NPS) responded with a stern warning. Unsightly trash and plastic pollution aren’t the only issues, they cautioned; the garbage could have had a significant impact on the wider ecosystem of the ancient cave system. The bag of food was dropped in Carlsbad Caverns' so-called Big Room, the largest single cave chamber by volume in North America, which takes around an hour of walking underground to reach.
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