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I assume she knows everything in the area is not sprayed with any type of *acide.

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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

https://www.livescience.com/32435-why-cant-humans-eat-grass.html

Lignin can be hard to break down by human stomachs. Not only that, but the lignin in food can actively inhibit the access nutritional benefits of other types of digestible fiber

Your dentist would not be pleased; grass contains a lot of silica, an abrasive which quickly wears down teeth. Grazing animals have teeth that are adapted to continually grow, replacing the worn tooth surfaces quickly

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 40 minutes ago (1 children)

Man, why can't our teeth constantly grow? Chewing on wood is fun; it should also be useful. 😩

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 24 minutes ago

It would be a bit of a pain. I see it with bird and terrapin beaks and claws. If they don't have something to wear them down they become problematic. I know the thought is well I will just keep them warn down but I bet it would be like staying in shape or for that matter keeping our teeth in good shape as it is, which many folk don't do.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

There’s usually just a handful of dangerously poisonous plants in any given area. If you learn those then most other stuff should be safe-ish.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Except for all the parasite eggs she's eating

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 37 minutes ago (1 children)

Not really a thing in my area, excepting aquatic plants. Can’t speak to the whole world.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 26 minutes ago* (last edited 20 minutes ago) (1 children)

Unless by your area you mean a place that doesn't have plants in the first place because it's entirely paved over, I promise you that there are animals that will shit parasite eggs onto the grass, and children are particularly vulnerable because they both do dumb things like eat grass and have weaker immune systems.

Pinworms, for example, are basically everywhere, even if most parasites are tropical. They're so pervasive they're even noted for not following typical affluence infection rates.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 minutes ago

First, pinworms only cause mild illness. My point was your child won’t die from eating random plants with a few exceptions that are easy to learn.

Second, pinworms are not spread by animals, only human to human. I don’t think eating plants is likely to be a vector.