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    the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    Originally posted by Man Of Kent:
    Of course plants can be digested

    plants are made mostly of water and cellulose... water can be absorbed into the body... cellulose (a sugar) CANNOT BE DIGESTED BY HUMANS!! it is completely UNDIGESTABLE!! you shit it straight out...

    there are some other minerals and stuff in plants that humans can use, but only traces.

    so it seems that biology IS still taught today, but obviously only by me.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    we dont eat plants im afraid

    not leaves, not grass, not petals...we dont eat plants <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt; we get our nutrients from animals that have digested the plants

    we also cant break down cellulose - hence the chunks of sweetcorn in faeces

    *wonders if biology was every taught*
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    oooohhhh im wiv the rabbit (that does eat plants)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by the_Paranoid_bunny:
    there are some other minerals and stuff in plants that humans can use, but only traces.

    Duh, and how do we get these nutrients? Would it be through digestion?

    What about lettuce? What about nettles? What about cabbages? Which part of these do you eat?

    What are vegetables if they are not plants?
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    Girl-From-MarsGirl-From-Mars Posts: 2,822 Boards Guru
    oif course we eat plants you idiots. but we CANT digest celluose. rabbits, however, can, as they have an active appendix. ours is uselss and doesnt work. we are OMNIVIOUS whcih means we can eat both meat and plants. dont preacth o us to try and make us change our way of eating. can eat both but still cannoy digest celluose. can digest other stuff in plant clearly (paranchyma? collenchyma? sclerenchyma? sorry proving iknow a level bioolpgy <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/tongue.gif">)... not cewlluoose.

    i get the feeling this post wasnt too definitieve.
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    the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    Originally posted by Man Of Kent:
    Duh, and how do we get these nutrients? Would it be through digestion?

    no, it wouldn't. go buy a textbook.

    and yes, i am aware that vegetables are plants.

    [This message has been edited by the_Paranoid_bunny (edited 08-07-2001).]
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    the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    Originally posted by Girl-From-Mars:
    oif course we eat plants you idiots. but we CANT digest celluose. rabbits, however, can, as they have an active appendix

    this is true. that is why vegetables and salads are often referred to as "rabbit food". that's exactly what it is! <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/tongue.gif"&gt;
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by the_Paranoid_bunny:
    no, it wouldn't. go buy a textbook.

    So this miraculous textbook is going to explain how, having eaten a plant, we manage to absorb nutrients from that plant without any form of digestion?

    How else do we get nutrients from our food if not from the digestive process?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Man Of Kent:
    we manage to absorb

    absorption isnt digestion
    How else do we get nutrients from our food if not from the digestive process?

    absorption isnt digestion


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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by MasterDevilish:
    absorption isnt digestion

    So, what enables us to absorb the nutrients, what releases them from the plant?

    Is it;

    A. The plant gets into your body and thinks "Oh I'm in a body, better release all my nutrients, before the cellulose mulch left over is excreted, at which point the nutrients burrow their way through the intestinal wall and into the bloodstream"

    or

    B. The stomach and intestines release enzymes and amino acids which break down the plant releasing the nutrients and allowing them to be absorbed into the bloodstream, before the mulch is excreted.

    If you answered A, then I suggest that you return to you text books and read again. You could also vist http://www.about.com/ and ask about omnivores.

    If you answered B, then you have successfully described the human digestive process. Congratulations.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Man Of Kent:
    So, what enables us to absorb the nutrients, what releases them from the plant?

    wasnt aware plants just "release" nutrients after all that hard work of actually getting them from the soil via active uptake and producing food through photosynthesis. ah well, must have been wrong then!!
    Is it;

    i know its a colon and not a semi-colon for a start, but you don't get english text books do ya <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;
    A. The plant gets into your body and thinks "Oh I'm in a body, better release all my nutrients, before the cellulose mulch left over is excreted, at which point the nutrients burrow their way through the intestinal wall and into the bloodstream"

    again, i didn't think plants just "release" nutrients after working so hard to get them in the first instance <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;
    or

    B. The stomach and intestines release enzymes and amino acids which break down the plant releasing the nutrients and allowing them to be absorbed into the bloodstream, before the mulch is excreted.


    enzymes don't break up anything we absorb, they are merely biological catalysts to speed up the process. amino acids and other chemicals are released to break down parts of the animals we have eaten in an attempt to get the particles small enough to be absorbed into the bloodsteam. vegetables and the like are mostly water and vitamins, in which case are not heavily broken down to be absorbed, the "digestion" of vegetables and "plants" as you like to call them is very quick and occurs mainly chemically, being absorbed into the body more quickly than other, larger particles with stronger bonding that require more mechanical as well as chemical digestion.
    If you answered A, then I suggest that you return to you text books and read again. You could also vist http://www.about.com/ and ask about omnivores.

    If you answered B, then you have successfully described the human digestive process. Congratulations.

    i believe if i answered either i wouldnt have fully described anything about the human digestive system but then again i havent learnt everything from text books and have relied on the knowledge of a few friends with PhDs in biological areas to teach me areas of interest

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The digestive process I am referring to is know as microbial fermentation
    http://biology.about.com/library/organs/bldigestlargeint4.htm?terms=Omnivore
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    the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    so how about using food during sex?
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    Girl-From-MarsGirl-From-Mars Posts: 2,822 Boards Guru
    Originally posted by the_Paranoid_bunny:
    so how about using food during sex?

    lol its gone a bit off the subject..

    i dont think MOK was definitively trying to descrive human digestion, just an outline. i do/did a level biology and his B sounds pretty accurate in an outline kinda way.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Girl-From-Mars:
    i dont think MOK was definitively trying to descrive human digestion, just an outline.

    we were comparing notes <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif"&gt; <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif"&gt;


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    the_Paranoid_bunnythe_Paranoid_bunny Posts: 487 Listening Ear
    Originally posted by Girl-From-Mars:
    i dont think MOK was definitively trying to descrive human digestion

    he was describing rabbit digestion, i checked the link he posted...

    but FUCK IT can we talk about food during sex and foreplay now? please?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by the_Paranoid_bunny:
    he was describing rabbit digestion, i checked the link he posted...

    but FUCK IT can we talk about food during sex and foreplay now? please?

    I was describing microbial fermentation, which is used by humans as well as rabbits. While it gives us gas and a few calories it does more for the rabbit. but it is STILL a way in which humans digest plants.

    'Twas a full and frank exchange of views.

    As for the post, I have answered. Yes I use food, especially cream and chocolate.


    But no plants.

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