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minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoTo add on to this, vultures stomach acid pH ranges between 0 and 1. So unless you’re also modifying the stomach and gut tissue to be able to withstand hydrochloric acid I’m pretty sure that (if successful, which is a big if) that person just dies.
minus-squareroot@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·24 hours agoVulture pH is closer to 0.2, ours is closer to 2. it’s 10x more acidic than ours, so yeah, we would need to probably refine the entire digestive system
minus-squareranzispa@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·23 hours ago~100x it’s a logarithmic scale
minus-squaredrcobaltjedi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoI mean, our stomach acid is hydrocloric acid. Just ours isn’t nearly as concentrated.
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoConsiderably less so, but yes I should have specified the concentration
To add on to this, vultures stomach acid pH ranges between 0 and 1.
So unless you’re also modifying the stomach and gut tissue to be able to withstand hydrochloric acid I’m pretty sure that (if successful, which is a big if) that person just dies.
Vulture pH is closer to 0.2, ours is closer to 2.
it’s 10x more acidic than ours, so yeah, we would need to probably refine the entire digestive system
~100x it’s a logarithmic scale
I mean, our stomach acid is hydrocloric acid. Just ours isn’t nearly as concentrated.
Considerably less so, but yes I should have specified the concentration