I'm sure glad my teeth do not have piezoelectric properties, since I tend to grind them when intense. At least I don’t think they do, though it says on Wiki that dry bone can have piezoelectric properties, as can enamel and dentin. It’s a Pablossibility. <(that is sort of an inside joke, I slip with words sometimes when conversing and thinking of something else at the same time, occasionally <(which means, often), and this was ‘invented.’ I was thinking about Picasso and someone asked me something concerning a totally different topic, and being still preoccupied in my thoughts (and only half listening) replied ‘it’s a pablossibility (meant to say ‘possibility’, just came out that way :)
Anyway, concerning piezoelectricity <(which sounds like it should be a bands name, or, pies made in an electric oven by someone named Zoe, or something) hmmm...
Maybe this could be an explanation for spontaneous combustion in humans? As stated in the article, and everyone knows, humans produce methane gas in their GAStrointestinal tract, so it mightn’t necessarily even be due to alcohol consumption, which seems what most of the cases are related to.
Another hmmm...
Here’s a different scenario.
Picture this. Hypothetically <(which means ‘let’s pretend’) if a prehistoric hunter, say, brought home a crocodile that had recently devoured another animal almost whole and had been in the process of digesting it, building up gases not only from digestion but possibly from the bloating of the corpse as well (actually, I’m not too sure how long it takes for digestion in reptiles, remember, this is hypothetical) and it was sitting next to the fire, waiting to be cooked, someone comes along and kicks it, the gas is expelled from it’s mouth and the flame from the fire follows it back...there you have it! The story circulates that this 'dragon' could breath fire. Or something. I dunno. It was just a thought. Maybe crocodiles gnash their teeth and belch. Just my (generally always) unfounded and obtuse theory.
It is interesting what the article speaks about concerning the digestive tracks of modern birds and dinosaurs. Multiple stomachs, could have played a part along with the stones swallowed to aid (churning/grinding) and digestion.
I think, though, by the configuration of their hip/legs, crocs, alligators and some lizards are much older on the evolutionary chart. Not sure, though. They survived, dinosaurs didn’t.
Guess flying dragons would have to be careful about inhaling flames or they could end like the Hindenburg. Like great, flying dirigibles.
Anyhow, the above is just my thoughts on the subject, though, I choose to believe in dragons....and fairies and elves and dwarves and other worldlies. It’s my prerogative to do so.
Anyway, concerning piezoelectricity <(which sounds like it should be a bands name, or, pies made in an electric oven by someone named Zoe, or something) hmmm...
Maybe this could be an explanation for spontaneous combustion in humans? As stated in the article, and everyone knows, humans produce methane gas in their GAStrointestinal tract, so it mightn’t necessarily even be due to alcohol consumption, which seems what most of the cases are related to.
Another hmmm...
Here’s a different scenario.
Picture this. Hypothetically <(which means ‘let’s pretend’) if a prehistoric hunter, say, brought home a crocodile that had recently devoured another animal almost whole and had been in the process of digesting it, building up gases not only from digestion but possibly from the bloating of the corpse as well (actually, I’m not too sure how long it takes for digestion in reptiles, remember, this is hypothetical) and it was sitting next to the fire, waiting to be cooked, someone comes along and kicks it, the gas is expelled from it’s mouth and the flame from the fire follows it back...there you have it! The story circulates that this 'dragon' could breath fire. Or something. I dunno. It was just a thought. Maybe crocodiles gnash their teeth and belch. Just my (generally always) unfounded and obtuse theory.
It is interesting what the article speaks about concerning the digestive tracks of modern birds and dinosaurs. Multiple stomachs, could have played a part along with the stones swallowed to aid (churning/grinding) and digestion.
I think, though, by the configuration of their hip/legs, crocs, alligators and some lizards are much older on the evolutionary chart. Not sure, though. They survived, dinosaurs didn’t.
Guess flying dragons would have to be careful about inhaling flames or they could end like the Hindenburg. Like great, flying dirigibles.
Anyhow, the above is just my thoughts on the subject, though, I choose to believe in dragons....and fairies and elves and dwarves and other worldlies. It’s my prerogative to do so.