• @Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          3 months ago

          They’ll still shit out the teeth. And hair too, i think. Both of those survive the digestive system (keratin? Enamel?)

          • @sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            3 months ago

            I mean, yeah, but the pigs do much of the uh, subject disassembly for you.

            Its possible you could get a usable DNA result from hair or teeth that’s gone through a digestive system, but… less likely.

            Where does pig shit normally go?

            Usually into some kind of composting mixture for your own small garden/farm, or even sold to some kind of local co-op or something for the same thing on a larger scale.

            That much exposure to a very active biological situation is gonna mess up and degrade dna even more.

            I guess if you are super paranoid, run the stuff through a mulcher first, pick out anything that looks like teeth and just put em in a rock tumbler or smash em with a hammer or something?

      • @Wutchilli@feddit.org
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        213 months ago

        Only the good stuft that realy decomposes tho, not the “i just turn into microplastic” shit

        • knightly the Sneptaur
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          153 months ago

          Also, even the good stuff needs a proper composting heap to degrade at any appreciable rate. It’s mostly BS outside of areas with city-run composting services.