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Old 09-28-2009, 03:46 AM   #1 (permalink)
Beuford
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Default Small intestines compared to body length

So some of you might have seen a comparitive anatomy of humans to herbivores, omnivores and carnviores?

Do you think it is correct when it says humans small intestines are 10-11x our body length?

At first I thought, well I'm 1.8m tall and my intestines are 6-7m, that should come up in the 3-4x body length. Then I worked out body length didn't include legs or head, so I measured the length from my neck to the top of my legs and I got 60cm.

60cm x 10 = 6m
60cm x 11 = 6.6m

So, the 10-11x body length for our small intestines is true for me.

If you're convinced a diet high in meat is good, and that you don't have herbivore length intestines, why don't you measure your body length? Or, tell me why herbivore length intestines don't matter, I'm interested to know.
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