Mothballs have many uses for humans like protecting our plants. Seal a plant in a plastic bag with a few moth balls and you will get a cleaned plant without any bugs in a few weeks. It will also keep moths off for a while.
We can also store woolens with mothballs to keep away moths. Not only is that, mothballs also used to keep off mice from our potting shed. Olds ones can even chase off cats and dogs since they hate that smell. It also keeps your books intact as it wards off silverfish and also bats from your house.
http://www.rd.com/content/extraordinary-uses-for-mothballs/
However, there are also other things that use mothballs other than human. Termites had been using them too According to researchers; a species of termite fumigates its underground nests with naphthalene, the active ingredient in mothballs. It makes use of the chemical into the soil and the chew up wood to use to insulate the complex of the tunnels in which the termites live in. The fumes produces keep ants and poisonous fungi and worms away.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/76115.stm
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My point of view
From what I read, I must say there are still stuffs that we still do not know which we can use through other functions. And we can simply learn it by studying other living things who cleverly know how to make use of it.
19-05-07 11.35pm
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