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minus-square@repungnant_canarylink7•5 months agoWait, do you have a source for the 50% number? arrow-up17arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-25 months agoMy bad – looks like I misread the Google summary. A healthy turd is 75% water, and of what’s left, around 25-50% is made up of microbes. arrow-up14arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squarePrehensile_cloaca linkfedilinkEnglish4•5 months agoThe second most significant ingredient after water is bacterial biomass — both alive and dead organisms; this makes up 25–54 percent of the dry weight of poop. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324254#:~:text=The second most significant ingredient,walls of the gastrointestinal tract. arrow-up14arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
Wait, do you have a source for the 50% number?
My bad – looks like I misread the Google summary. A healthy turd is 75% water, and of what’s left, around 25-50% is made up of microbes.
The second most significant ingredient after water is bacterial biomass — both alive and dead organisms; this makes up 25–54 percent of the dry weight of poop.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324254#:~:text=The second most significant ingredient,walls of the gastrointestinal tract.