Posted on 06/21/2026 6:13:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin
ET: The Extraterrestrial, the titular alien is seen eating and drinking all manner of human foods and beverages from chocolates to tins of beer.
In reality, however, it is unlikely that an entity that lived and evolved on another world would be capable of consuming and digesting the same types of foods as we are.
Professor Jose Miguel Soriano del Castillo of the University of Valencia ,,,argues that dining on the same foods that humans eat would be highly risky for a visitor from another world and that their best bet would be to instead seek out the individual nutrients and raw materials of food such as water, nitrogen, salts and basic organic molecules.
As for what an alien might typically eat on its own planet - it's difficult to speculate because it depends entirely on the biology of the alien and the nature of its planet's atmosphere.
If we were ever in a position in which we had to provide food to an alien visitor, we would likely need a whole team of scientists and nutritionists to determine what it could and could not eat.
Feeding it the wrong thing - no matter how well-intentioned - could prove fatal.
(Excerpt) Read more at unexplained-mysteries.com ...
Reminds me of a joke of the 1960s.
From the Land of Sky Blue Waters. Gone the way of the Land o Lakes squaw.
Jeez not another In-N-Out vs. Whataburger debate...
I would say liberals but it would probably taste bitter.
Liberals, Socialists and Communists...
How many tax dollars did he get to study this crap?
Everyone knows, from Star Trek, they would bring their own food synthesizers...
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Thanks! :)
I remember ‘The Monsters...’ but not the other ones - will have to find those on You Tube. (TV viewing is limited out here in the sticks!)
Both classics as well! :)
‘All The Time in the World’ is the Burgess Meredith episode. Any avid reader relates to that one, for sure!
I was remembering ‘Two’ in a previous post. Yeah, they didn’t get along well for being the last two standing, did they? ;)
My first thoughts exactly.
You won’t find them on Youtube . Do what I did and buy the entire series on DVD .
Jack’s good.
I love Jack’s Links
Just can’t afford it anymore 🤕🤯
I’m wondering if the aliens are tasty...
We could use their technology and take over their world and turn it into a giant farm. But more likely that is what they will do to us.
Let’s fry up them Space Aliens 👽👽👽
with some fried taters, and dip them in
Bill Johnson’s BBQ sauce
Pass the corn on the cob 🌽🌽🌽
Don’t forget ‘Time Enough at Last’ with Burgess Meredith.
Democrats would issue them EBT cards on arrival so they don’t go hungry.
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