▲ 1003 ▼ Mermaid (quokk.au) submitted 3 months ago by restingOface@quokk.au to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 73 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) How on Earth is it poison... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (2 children) Bioaccumulation of mercury, lead, etc., or too many vitamins: the more organisms in total eaten on the way to the one you eat. Herbivores have significantly fewer. A few bites of polar bear liver will send you into acute vitamin A overdose with permanent effects, if not death. Another one: Why Don't We Eat Carnivores? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago Vitamin A is a pretty significant one. It's not soluble in water, so it bioaccumulates. Polar bears are predators that eat predators (seals) that eat creatures that eat autotrophs that are very vitamin A rich (alae, phytoplankton, etc.) Because of that, 0.1 grams of polar bear liver has 100% of your daily recommended vitamin A, and as little as half a kilogram has enough to kill you =) https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/will-you-die-if-you-eat-a-polar-bears-liver https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1257872/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago Ah, natures way of creating teams in a deathmatch? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (2 children) Bioaccumulation of mercury, lead, etc., or too many vitamins: the more organisms in total eaten on the way to the one you eat. Herbivores have significantly fewer. A few bites of polar bear liver will send you into acute vitamin A overdose with permanent effects, if not death. Another one: Why Don't We Eat Carnivores? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago Vitamin A is a pretty significant one. It's not soluble in water, so it bioaccumulates. Polar bears are predators that eat predators (seals) that eat creatures that eat autotrophs that are very vitamin A rich (alae, phytoplankton, etc.) Because of that, 0.1 grams of polar bear liver has 100% of your daily recommended vitamin A, and as little as half a kilogram has enough to kill you =) https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/will-you-die-if-you-eat-a-polar-bears-liver https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1257872/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago Ah, natures way of creating teams in a deathmatch? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago Vitamin A is a pretty significant one. It's not soluble in water, so it bioaccumulates. Polar bears are predators that eat predators (seals) that eat creatures that eat autotrophs that are very vitamin A rich (alae, phytoplankton, etc.) Because of that, 0.1 grams of polar bear liver has 100% of your daily recommended vitamin A, and as little as half a kilogram has enough to kill you =) https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/will-you-die-if-you-eat-a-polar-bears-liver https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1257872/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago Ah, natures way of creating teams in a deathmatch? permalink fedilink source parent
