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minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·13 days 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-squaredrcobaltjedi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 days agoI mean, our stomach acid is hydrocloric acid. Just ours isn’t nearly as concentrated.
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 days agoConsiderably less so, but yes I should have specified the concentration
minus-squareroot@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·13 days 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-up12·13 days ago~100x it’s a logarithmic scale
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.
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
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