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minus-squareEtherWhack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoIf they weren’t too big or have to swim through all the digestive juices, it would be entirely possible
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoFor clarification, too big means larger than a millimeter for the human stomach.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYou would be correct, the Pylorus Sphincter stops anything larger than 1 to 2 millimeters in size from entering the intestines. Solids do not oass through human beings.
minus-squareochi_chernye@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoHey, if we can make a pencil out of leaves, cephalopods can swim through our GI tract like species 8472 through fluidic space.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThe problem isn’t the space it’s the acid.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoNo, the acid takes time, the bigger issue is the Pylorus stopping solid food.
Pretty sure that’s not true…
If they weren’t too big or have to swim through all the digestive juices, it would be entirely possible
For clarification, too big means larger than a millimeter for the human stomach.
You would be correct, the Pylorus Sphincter stops anything larger than 1 to 2 millimeters in size from entering the intestines. Solids do not oass through human beings.
Hey, if we can make a pencil out of leaves, cephalopods can swim through our GI tract like species 8472 through fluidic space.
The problem isn’t the space it’s the acid.
No, the acid takes time, the bigger issue is the Pylorus stopping solid food.