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[โ€“] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

by weight, theres more non-human DNA in you than human.

[โ€“] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

I have heard that this is more true for some people in Tijuana.

[โ€“] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Wait. Please explain. How is DNA inside me, a verifiable human, not human?

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

we all know what you do when you visit the zoo.
were those giraffes looking thirsty, hmmm?

[โ€“] superkret@feddit.org 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's DNA from bacteria that live inside you.

[โ€“] olafurp@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago

Bacteria technically live in the tube of "outside" on your inside. Digestive system is just one hole all the way through the body that your body interacts with just like the air in the lungs.

[โ€“] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 15 hours ago

I read that comes don't actually eat grass. They have the extra stomachs, and the first stomach is basically a bacteria reactor that feeds on chewed up plant matter. As the bacteria reproduce they get sent to the next stomach which is what actually gives nutrients

youre mostly bacterial dna

[โ€“] ch00f@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

U got bugs in ur poop.