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Interesting. Free colon cleanse. Now we just need to find the beetle species that can perform the same feat in humans.

• beeforpork 3y ago
  Maybe the same beetle would work. Has anyone tried?
  • throwanem 3y ago
    A human has a much longer gut.
    • chongli 3y ago
      Sure though the deadliest part, the stomach, is not that long.
      • throwanem 3y ago
        Granted, but I'm thinking more about how long the beetle can survive without access to air.
        • UnFleshedOne 3y ago
          That's an aquatic beetle, a lot of those store their own air supply under their wings...
          • throwanem 3y ago
            Oh, I didn't know that! I can't get to the citation, but per Wikipedia [1] Hydrophilidae, the family in which this beetle is classified, do have that capability. Whether even with an air bubble they can hold out long enough is a separate question, as is whether their also-mentioned ability to extract usable oxygen from ambient water would be helpful in this environment - but being able to carry air under their elytra would certainly improve their odds. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophilidae https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophilidae
• ralgozino 3y ago
  I guess you've never eaten boiled corn grains