So the other day I'm walking to catch my ride to work and as usual I pass a lump of dog crap (at least I hope it was a dogs) and this is not irregular as dogs seem to crap all over the sidewalks here in New Westminster.. why? (shrug).. anyway, I notice it has large chunks of corn in it.. As sick as this is, it get's me thinking.
How many times have we heard jokes about corn in your crap? I can't even count the number of times I've heard it.. so then it begs the question. Why is it there? It's obviously survived our digestive track.. so why eat it then?? if it's the same comming out as going in what have we gained from it?
Well, some carefull thought brought me to this conclusion. Sugar and starch. That's it.. it's all we get from corn. So there really is no reason to it it. You can get this from other things.. like a potato.
anyway, there's my random thought for the day..
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Dang fools..
Them dang fools trying to fed a carnevore veggies.. Or maybe it's a doggy signal.. Showing a secret location..
Nah, couldn't be..
Nah, couldn't be..
Fruits and cereals
Many cereals and fruits use animals as vectors. There's an "digestible" part that makes the "eating act" profitable to the animal: the flesh of the fruit.
And there is a non assimilable part that however helps purging the instestines. The "core" (I don't know the right word) of the fruit is then ejected at a large distance from the original plant and thus helps its expansion. (The core contains or is a seed).
Sometimes dogs also eat grass and purge their intestines this way.
I don't know how the corn fits in these aforementioned reflexions, though...
And there is a non assimilable part that however helps purging the instestines. The "core" (I don't know the right word) of the fruit is then ejected at a large distance from the original plant and thus helps its expansion. (The core contains or is a seed).
Sometimes dogs also eat grass and purge their intestines this way.
I don't know how the corn fits in these aforementioned reflexions, though...