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 <[email protected]> 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. > -- > David William House > "The Complete Biogas Handbook" www.completebiogas.com > *Vahid Biogas*, an alternative energy consultancy www.vahidbiogas.com > > "Make no search for water. But find thirst, > And water from the very ground will burst." > (Rumi, a Persian mystic poet, quoted in *Delight of Hearts*, p. 77) > > http://bahai.us/ > > _______________________________________________ > Digestion mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more information about digestion, see > Beginner's Guide to Biogas > http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/ > and the Biogas Wiki http://biogas.wikispaces.com/ > > > -- *** Dr. A.D. Karve Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI)
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