Posted on 09/27/2023 7:53:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Skiles mummy was found in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of South Texas. Up to 150 mummified bodies have been found in the area, but one adult male from around 1,200 years ago attracted particular attention for study due to how well-preserved his naturally mummified remains were. As well as having a full head of hair – rarely found in the other mummified remains – he had "a very large desiccated fecal mass, which encompasses the majority of what would have been the gastrointestinal tract", according to the authors of one study.
Given the size of the backup, the fecal matter allowed researchers to examine the man's diet in the months prior to his death. Meanwhile, the hair allowed the team to analyze his nutritional uptake. Comparing this diet to typical diets of the time – inferred partly through the fecal matter of other individuals – several teams were able to discover a surprising amount about his final months.
This included that he died of parasite-borne Chagas disease, was unable to absorb proteins adequately in the months preceding his death, and that he was likely rendered immobile by his condition. This is significant because "someone would have had to bring him food resources, as well as attending to his daily needs". I.e. he received care from the community as he was dying.
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Maybe that’s where Steve Miller got the idea for that song.
After a few days of that, he was probably wishing for something like DoorDash or UberEats.
I think I may have heard of it, but probably a long time ago, and I’m sure I’d not known what it was.
Typically it’s caught in Cabo during a chagging contest at Sammy Hagar’s club.
In the seventies, a lot of slackers ate the roaches.
Herod Antipas just killed John the Baptist out of kindness, to spare him a painful death because of his diet.
People who don’t research their reptiles sometimes kill their critters with cricket/ mealworm diets.
Even things designed to eat bugs can’t handle all that chitin.
grasshoppers carry all kinds of nasty parasites- most will be removed with intestines, but still taking a chance-
Yes, but it’s not the bulk of their diet.
And allowing it leaves it up to the discretion of the individual.
I have seen it proposed that John the Baptist ate locust plant, not the insects, although most people lean towards the insect.
“grasshoppers carry all kinds of nasty parasites- most will be removed with intestines, but still taking a chance”
Roast them. Or fry.
Fecal man!
What was evident: Significant colonic stool.
What was needed: A significant colonic event.
That’s what Kraut Schwab has planned for us.
“John the Baptist ate locusts and wild honey.”
Carob...
[WWW] “The names locust bean and St. John’s bread stem from the belief that the “locusts” on which John the Baptist fed were carob pods. Carob (Ceratonia siliqua).”
That said... in the dietary laws primarily found in the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, Grasshoppers and locusts are considered clean food. As we all know the gut of these insects contain parasites so they must be cleaned and washed but they always must be roasted or fried for consumption.
Can we force the climate freaks to only eat bugs for 5 years as an experiment?
Just sayin’!
mmmmm nope! :)
Everything in moderation. At least he died hoppy.
By the way, “died of” is appropriate, if not preferred.
Additional by the way, we are not insectivores. They may get us along for a little while, but we cannot maintain our health on a primarily insect-based diet.
Thank you-I read the article, which point out that the unfortunate man had Chagas disease-which apparently made him sick enough to be immobile and fed by other people before it caused his death. I did not know that Chagas was fatal before reading that...
I’ve learned not to put shrimp shells in the garbage disposal. They stick to the sides and it clogs. I guess the chitin would not do my guts good.
My father always used to say: “If you don’t eat, you don’t shit, and if you don’t shit, you die.”
“mmmmm nope! :)”
Takes a bite of gathered nutrition, looks off onto the crackling camp fire while slowly chewing the delicate morsel and remarks...
“Hmmmm, Tastes like chicken” - Cody Lundin
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