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[-] [email protected] 114 points 6 months ago

It's odd that razor sharp teeth is kind of the gold standard for a scary animal, but honestly, getting swallowed whole and slowly digested by stomach acid sounds so much more horrific. I'd so much rather a T-Rex eat me than that.

[-] [email protected] 48 points 6 months ago

Drowning in stomach acid sounds particularly excruciating.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago

It would have cost you nothing to not say that.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

it sounds...faster? So, it's got that going for it (which is nice)

[-] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Not necessarily! Could be juuust strong enough to sear the exterior of your body and slowly dissolve you over days.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

If it was that weak it you would drown long before being dissolved

[-] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Probably not enough volume to engulf you and make you drown. Usually stomach acid is strong enough to irritate but not dissolve a whole prey, so those two are out. However accidental inhalation and fumes might be a motherfucker and getting it into the eyes would be horrendous.

Two possible scenarios:

  • Suffocation due to a lack of oxygen.

  • Crushed to death by the stomach. It is conceivable that this baby (slaps roof of the dinosaur) can crush large prey to death in the stomach and grind it to small bits by having an especially strong muscle lining.

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