What If Seeds Could Grow in Your Stomach?

[Music] it's everyone's favorite fruit it's everyone's favorite sport it's a watermelon seed spitting contest not only is it the most competitive event at your County Fair but it might also be the most dangerous ever wondered what would happen if you accidentally swallowed a watermelon seed could a watermelon vine grow in your stomach how could something so small survive the destructive pool of acid that sits in your stomach how big would it grow and would growing fruit in your body mean you'd never have to make another trip to the market or would it result in a very long stay in the hospital this is what if and here's what would happen if seeds could grow in your stomach it doesn't happen often but seeds can grow inside you a 28 year old Russian man who went to the hospital complaining of chest pain was rushed into surgery when doctors discovered a five centimeter fir tree growing in his lung and in Massachusetts a 75 year old man was also treated for a growth in his lung after a pea seed in his food went down the wrong tube but to survive and thrive in a habitat as hostile as your stomach it would have to be one really determined seed your stomach secretes enzymes and hydrochloric acid that break down any food you swallow and it kills any harmful microbes that might have hitched a ride in the hydrochloric acid in your stomach is so strong that it even poses a risk to the organist this is why your stomach also secretes a mucus it lines your stomach walls so that the acid doesn't burn through so if any seed has a chance of surviving your stomach it's going to have to adapt and evolve and fast unfortunately you'll feel every grip and blow of this biological grudge match so prepare for the worst stomach ache of your life you may never eat another piece of fruit again in a world where seeds could easily grow in your stomach the demand for seedless fruits and vegetables would skyrocket even if it meant the price of produce would jump because of the extra time it would take to remove every little seed people would rather pay more or not at all for the privilege of not turning into a fruit tree this would be a world in which seeds have adapted to grow much faster than ever before since it normally takes several weeks for a seed to germinate while the stomach digests its food within a few hours seeds need warmth moisture and oxygen to germinate and you'll find all that in the stomach but you'll also find hydrochloric acid the hydrochloric acid would have no trouble dissolving a seeds protective coating which would allow the seed to absorb some water and start to grow the seed would then move on to the duodenum which is the start of your small intestine this is where your body starts to absorb vitamins minerals and other nutrients inside the duodenum it's dark and moist with neutral pH levels the first sprouts from a seed could grow here but they would need to be tough enough to survive the intestinal juices assuming that the plant growing inside you could survive this intestinal assault it might steal some of the nutrients you're trying to digest and if the plant were able to get enough nutrients it might even start to grow flowers and produce fruit hopefully you would have gone to the hospital long before this point because with branches flowers and fruit growing inside you the pain would be unbearable and it would only get worse plants typically grow towards the Sun would they try to grow their way out of us to catch some rays or would they continue to take nutrients from the other foods we digest would we start to form a symbiotic relationship with the plant where we'd give it some nutrients it would grow fruit and we digest it and blow the new seeds if that's the case you'd better be extra careful about which seeds you swallow some of them like the apple seed are toxic apples along with more than 2,000 other plant species produce cyanogenic glycosides in large doses they can cause cyanide poisoning neurological disorder and delay or slow growth the best thing you could do in a world where seeds can grow in your stomach is not to eat any seeds under any circumstances pay the extra money for the seedless fruit put your life before your pride and walk away from that seed spitting contest you'll thank us later when you're not a walking watermelon luckily we don't live in a world where that's a risk the possibility of seeds germinating and growing in the stomach is zero while there have been rare cases of plants growing in the lungs the stomach is much too harsh an environment for any seat to survive there but speaking of harsh environments we've got a new show that focuses on just that and it might even save your life one day have you ever wondered if it's possible to survive something as deadly as a solar storm well we've got tips on that and more in our new show how to survive [Music] you you

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Length: 6min 26sec (386 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 12 2020