[Digestion] Elefant Dung?

[Anand Karve]

Dear Dr. House,
Among organisms that eat only very specific foods, you may also club humans
with methanogens. Humans cannot digest cellulose, hemicellulose, chitin or
lignin.
Yours
A.D.Karve

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 6:00 AM, David <david at h4c.org> wrote:

>
> Joshua, Duncan, all,
>
> On 5/24/2012 6:56 PM, Joshua Bogart wrote:
>
> The other side of such "indigestible" diets, is slow activity like Pandas,
> Koalas, sloths, ant eaters, because of the low energy value and need to
> break down otherwise toxic substances, many of these species have an
> otherwise lethargic physical activity[...]
>
>
> ...And that brings us back to methanogens, Archaea, which are, like
> Koalas, Pandas, sloths and anteaters, very restricted in their diet, easily
> harmed by toxins, slow to reproduce, and... quiet?
>
>
>
>
> d.
> --
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Dr. A.D. Karve
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