When we eat food how powerful is the acid in our stomach, is it powerful enough to kill a life? For example, if someone ate goldfish or shrimp alive. How does it work, do the acid kill them immediately or they die slowly.
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The lack of oxygen would kill a fish long before the stomach acid does.
It would certainly start to damage their gills immediately, but it’s so viscous and oxygen-poor that they wouldn’t get any useful oxygenation out of your gastric juices and they’d suffocate before they die from chemical burns.
I’m sure you’ve thrown up before so you know how strong stomach acid is. Strong enough to be deeply unpleasant to relatively sensitive tissues in your throat and head, but not burning holes in the floor either.
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