Jake_Farm comments on Ecosystem services

Ecosystem services (thelemmy.club)

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[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 35 points 2 months ago (17 children)

Now if only we could bioengineer our own stomachs to be that powerful

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[–] Barley_Man@sopuli.xyz 73 points 2 months ago (11 children)

There are sure to be tradeoffs which would explain why not every animal have evolved similar stomachs. It's probably expensive energy wise to maintain that acidity. It probably also makes it hard to maintain a healthy gut flora. Also imagine the burn if you vomit up stomach acid with pH 1.0

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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Also imagine the burn if you vomit up stomach acid with pH 1.0

Instant free ranged weapon!

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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You can experience it yourself in less than 38000 years!

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[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Betcher’s Gland was present in the Primarchs, we’re looking at around 28,000 years.

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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 16 points 2 months ago

Much more achievable for the common man

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[–] RogueBanana@piefed.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Me suddenly feeling nauseous when a cop walks by

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[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

X-Force!

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[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Yes, but they can projectile vomit as a defense mechanism. Imagine the possibilities.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago

probably has a very thick mucus layer, plus a robust stomach to withstand the low ph.

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[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 months ago

Reminds me of the character "Zeitgeist".

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[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 point 2 months ago

Yep, that's also why cooking food helped us quite a bit with evolving the brain, less energy used to in the stomach = more energy for the brain and muscles

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[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago

It could also be a local maximum that's rare to hit. There doesn't have to be downsides.

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[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

In the game Mass Effect, the Krogan race has all these "backup" organs. They pretty much evolved to become incredibly resilient.

But they also become alpha douches.

Either way, I love those little guys.

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[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

Krogans were heavily inspired by Klingons.

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[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Human stomach acid is as low as PH 1.5

We are descended from scavengers

The acid we make is PH 0.8, it goes to 1.5 when mixed with the other gastric juices

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[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

Then why is food poisoning so common?

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[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 point 1 month ago

I presume it's because some pathogens are adapted to us, or it's because of our changed diet since the agricultural revolution 10k years ago at most, or our population density and food production and transportation system causes greater exposure to pathogens, or done mix of all those and probably more

The modern world is pretty complex

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