alt Hacker NewsIm curious about the food chain part, what happens to individual viruses over time, do they ‘die’ or degrade somehow?
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korrectional • today at 4:32 PM
While they don't age like living organisms, their outer protein coating wears away due to temperature and UV light, so like you said they sort of "degrade".
Viruses are bundle of DNA with an attitude. Lacking any active metabolism, they just denature with time.