Imagine having to force yourself to chew and swallow substances because you will die otherwise.

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Reading how Rocky eats in Project Hail Mary got me thinking on that! I wonder if aliens would find our eating disgusting or if it’s the most common way to get energy. Pretty much every life form on Earth chews food with their face then shoves it down.

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      5 months ago

      Pretty much every life form on Earth chews food with their face then shoves it down.

      The vast majority of life forms on Earth have neither a mouth nor a face.

      There’s no good reason to think aliens would be similar to animals. they could be like plants or fungus, or something entirely new.