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by game masta on September 10th, 2006

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Why can't humans eat grass?

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  • by rincewind11189 on September 10th, 2006

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    We can, however grass cells contain something called cellulose, which we cant digest to get the energy we need. Cows and other mammals can eat grass because they have special bacteria living in their stomachs called symbiont bacteria. These symbionts can break the bond in cellulose for the animal its living in. That way cows can get energy from grass. We don't have any of these symbiont bacteria, so we can't digest the cellulose in grass.

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    • All plants have cellulose. It's just that grass is too high in it and not high enough in other nutrients for us to really use as a food source. We need higher grade plants.

      Glenn Blaylock

      by Glenn Blaylock on September 10th, 2006

    • the cellulose walls can be split by juicing the grass up, and the energy is in the resulting liquid

      Yanstari

      by Yanstari on November 13th, 2008

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