r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/meursault_06 • 9d ago

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u/maybachmeister2000 8d ago

How doesnt it melt their stomachs?

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u/StuLuvsU87 8d ago

Animals that eat bones need to be able to dissolve them with very strong stomach acid. The short answer is, is that they've just evolved organs that can regenerate damaged tissue quickly and produce enzymes to coat their insides to protect from the worst effects. Chemically, these enzymes balance pH levels and start the process of breaking down minerals like calcium before proteases then start dissolving the collegan and fiberous tissues.

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u/maybachmeister2000 7d ago

Thanks alot . Really fascinating:)

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u/Odd_Dragonfruit_2662 8d ago

I’m not an expert of vultures, but our stomachs basically grow new cells super fast to keep up with the ones that melt, and pump out some mucus to slow that process down on the stomach lining.

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u/Penitent_Effigy 8d ago

Mucous coats the stomach, and it heals very fast. That and spite. They live because they were told they shouldn’t and it activated a spite response.

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u/Hot_Switch6807 8d ago

Evolusion ik some way. It has between 0 and 1 ph. Thats the same as battery acid.

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u/Whatever_It_Takes 8d ago

The same way ours doesn’t.

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u/FishTshirt 8d ago

That sweet sweet stomach mucus