can an intestine really wrap around the earth?
By goat6boy
@goat6boy (314)
United States
March 22, 2009 10:47pm CST
i dont know where i remember this from maybe science class but i heard once that your intestines could wrap around the earth once do you think this is true?
2 responses
@scarryman199 (9)
• United States
23 Mar 09
No the average size of an adult small intestine is 20-23 feet long. ironically the large intestine is smaller only being about 5 feet in length. in order to acquire a length of intestine that surrounds the earth you would need about 5,976,372 people to do it or about all the people in the Greater Toronto Area
@babytaffster (2232)
• Chatsworth, California
23 Mar 09
Uh, mabye if like every person on the planet had their intestines removed and tied together.
