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minus-squareEtherWhack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoIf they weren’t too big or have to swim through all the digestive juices, it would be entirely possible
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoFor clarification, too big means larger than a millimeter for the human stomach.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoThe problem isn’t the space it’s the acid.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.