• Zapados@sh.itjust.works
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    20 hours ago

    Hej, I think its pretty cool how much slime we got producet in our bodies every day, like up to 1 liter! Me, personally, find it gross dat our noses produce that many bacteria, lol.

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      4 hours ago

      This works great with @Nomad@infosec.pubs tip regarding the flexibility of our tongues.

      Btw, the noses (so called becherocells) just create the slime (glycoproteins) to catch and bind bacteria entering from the outside, they (luckily) don’t create bacteria on their own.