It really should come as no surprise that a citrus-based beverage contains acid. I imagine this trial will spark a cry of "what is this doing to my body!?". It's citric acid. Mt Dew is not a healthy drink, but many "all natural" drinks and foods have a great deal of acid as well.
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>Plain orange juice has a higher pH than Mountain Dew. I think that comparison would be enough to quell any shock over citrus soft drinks.
Having a higher pH actually means being LESS acidic. And no one would ever expect a mouse to 'turn into jelly' in a bottle of orange juice.
I don't know--I think keeping a mouse in a bottle of orange juice for two years may very well turn it into jelly. It's acidic and does not prevent the decay of the body. It's at least not out of the realm of the plausible.
Not orange juice, but cranberry juice has a lower pH than Mountain Dew. It's about 1/2 pH away from stomach acid.
So my first thought here is to do a mythbusters type of experiment with a mouse and can of mountain dew and see if it proves true.
PETA might have a fit. But I'd be interested to see the results.
Mythbusters use pigs frequently, and if PETA has had a fit, it wasn't a big enough one for them to care, apparently.
There is that, yes. However, mice/rats are routinely purchased as snake food, and experimented on in a university setting. I am not convinced that the skeleton would be a gelatinous mass as specified.
Wouldn't you just use a mouse that is already dead?
Did he not take any pictures before they came and took the mouse? I find that odd. I would certainly taken pictures of what came out of the can.
I'm sure they use really good strainers!
This just in: acidic cola drinks will dissolve things over a long enough period of time! Stay tuned for our shocking revelation that water is wet.