Comment on Octopus

Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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.

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• EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If they weren’t too big or have to swim through all the digestive juices, it would be entirely possible

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  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    For clarification, too big means larger than a millimeter for the human stomach.

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• ochi_chernye@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Hey, if we can make a pencil out of leaves, cephalopods can swim through our GI tract like species 8472 through fluidic space.

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The problem isn’t the space it’s the acid.

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    • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No, the acid takes time, the bigger issue is the Pyloris stopping solid food.

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