Eli5: Just how powerful is stomachs acid?

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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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Can’t speak for how fast it will kill but our stomach acid is pretty strong. If the inside of our stomach wasn’t lined with mucus, the acid would burn right through it.

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