Stomachs

From one to four to none at all, stomachs enjoy a stunning variety across all the creatures who have (or don't have) them. And with our stomachs all happily full of spooky month treats, we thought it was the perfect time to learn all about this weird, wobbly, wonderful organ.
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[This, That, or the Other: Stomachs ROCK]
Bird with over 1% of their total body weight of gastroliths
Aquatic animal helps control buoyancy by swallowing silt
Animal eats its exoskeleton that stores calcium in stomach
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8342792/#bib0…
researchgate.net/publication/6549149_No_gastri…
bonndoc.ulb.uni-bonn.de/xmlui/handle/20.500.11…
jstor.org/stable/4098635
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26818557
[Trivia Question]
Mammal species without stomachs
livescience.com/41661-why-platypus-wont-regain…
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.20…
nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-the…
ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/obl4he/vertebratedive…)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Rzx7yeh7c
[Fact Off]
Ghost crabs use their stomach teeth (gastric mills) to growl
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.20…
science.org/content/article/listen-ghost-crab-…
theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/11/ghost-crab…
Someone ate a shrew to study what human digestion does to rodent bones
[Ask the Science Couch]
Borborygmus and the biology of stomach rumbles
scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-your-s…
etymonline.com/word/borborygmus
nature.com/articles/nrgastro.2012.57
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpgi…
Patreon bonus: Stomach and brain communication for hunger/satiety (or other things)
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3174087
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK555906
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpgi…
livescience.com/health/food-diet/does-it-reall…
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/693111
[Butt One More Thing]
Florida carpenter ants swallow their own formic acid to help protect their stomachs
elifesciences.org/articles/60287
eurekalert.org/news-releases/491275

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