Welcome to Life Noggin!

歡迎來到 Life Noggin！

Oh, you're planting a little seed?

喔，你在種小種子啊？

I can't wait to see what it grows into!

我迫不及待想看它會長成怎樣！

Plants are pretty amazing.

植物是非常驚人的。

They are the longest living organisms on Earth, with some species dating back over 250 million years,

它們是世界上最長壽的生物，有些物種還可以追朔回 2.5 億年前

and plants can live in all kinds of environments, from underwater, to without soil, and inside the human body.

而且植物可以活在各式各樣的環境中，從水中，到沒有土壤的地方，甚至是人的體內。

No, really!

不可能，但真的有！

It's incredibly rare, but it's happened.

這極為罕見，但就是發生了。

There have been reports of a pea plant growing inside a man in Massachusetts.

根據報導，麻州一位男子的體內長出了豌豆。

He experienced serious medical issues like a collapsed lung, and extreme chest pain.

他歷經了危急的醫療問題，如肺萎陷和極度胸痛。

During surgery doctors were extremely surprised to find a plant had sprouted in the lungs of their patient.

在手術過程中，醫生驚訝地發現一株植物已經在患者的肺部發芽。

So, how is that possible?

那麼，這是怎麼發生的？

Well, let's start at the beginning.

好，我們開始吧。

To grow a plant inside your body, you first need to get a seed or seedling in there.

要在體內種植物，首先需要在裡面放種子或幼苗。

We can rule ingestion out.

我們可以控制攝取。

Despite what your friends told you when you were a kid, a swallowed watermelon seed will not grow into a watermelon in your stomach.

無論小時候朋友怎麼告訴你，你吞下的西瓜種子是不會在肚子裡長成西瓜。

Your stomach contains enzymes and acids that would break down most seeds or plants.

你的胃含有酶和酸，可以分解大多數的種子或植物。

While seeds with protective coatings that are built to survive being swallowed like raspberry or blackberry seeds, will simply pass through your body.

雖然種子具有保護性塗層，吞下後會像覆盆子或黑莓種子一樣存在，它們只會穿過你的身體。

Even if the seed isn't digested or passed, plants typically need their soil's pH to be between 4.5 and 8,

即使種子沒有被消化或通過，植物通常需要土壤的 pH 值在 4.5 到 8 之間，

but stomach acid has a much lower pH, ranging from 1.5 to 3.

但胃酸的 pH值卻低上許多，範圍從 1.5 到 3。

That pretty much leaves inhalation, which is most likely what happened to the guy I mentioned before.

吸入大量葉子，可能就發生在我剛剛提到的男子身上。

But this doesn't happen easily.

但這也不容易發生。

Your body has ways to prevent you from inhaling objects.

你的身體有辦法阻止你吸入物體。

These include your epiglottis, which is a flap over your trachea that closes when you are eating,

這些包括你的會厭，這是你的氣管上的一個翻蓋，當你正在吃東西時關閉，

your larynx or vocal cords, which try to push intruders back up your trachea, cilia, which sweep particles out and away from your lungs,

你的喉頭或聲帶，試圖將入侵者推回你的氣管，纖毛，將顆粒從你的肺部清除，

and your cough reflex, which attempts to prevent particles from descending any further.

以及你的咳嗽反射，試圖防止顆粒進一步下降。

So, if a lucky seed does make it through all those defense mechanisms, could it sprout?

所以，如果一個幸運的種子，通過所有的防護機制，它就會萌芽了嗎？

Well, plants require water, carbon-dioxide, and sunlight in order to make nutrients through photosynthesis and grow.

嗯，植物需要水、二氧化碳還有陽光，才能讓養分完成光合作用並成長。

Without sunlight, how could they grow then?

沒了陽光，那它們要怎麼成長呢？

Well, to germinate, seeds only need oxygen, warmth, and moisture,

好，種子為了要萌芽，只需要氧氣、陽光、水分，

which is pretty easy to find in the lungs of a human body that is around 60 percent water and whose temperature is a steady 37 degrees Celsius.

這些在人體內的肺臟都能輕易找到，肺臟裡有 60 % 都是水分，溫度也穩定維持在 37 ℃。

But, don't break out the dust masks just yet.

但，先別急著下定論。

Even though most seeds contain their own nutrients, which is needed to sprout, after they use them up they require sunlight to grow any further.

就算大多數種子需要發芽時都有自己的養分，但在使用它們之後，還需要陽光才能進一步生長。

That could by why the pea plant only reached 1.25 centimeters.

這可能是為什麼豌豆只長到 1.25 公分。

So, while it is possible, that little seed needs to defy a lot of odds in order to grow inside your body.

所以，雖然有可能，但那個小種子得通過好幾道難關，才能在你的體內成長。

I think it's safe to say that you don't have to fear the outdoors, or at least not for that reason.

我認為你不必擔心從事戶外活動，或者至少不是因為這個原因。

So are there any other bodily oddities that you want us to talk about next?

那你有其他身體的奧秘想讓我們下次來討論嗎？

Let me know in the comment section below!

在下方留言讓我知道！

Curious to know what happens to your body when you get bit by a poisonous snake?

想知道當你被毒蛇咬時，你的身體會發生什麼事嗎？

Check out this video.

看看這部影片。

Venomous snakes can choose whether or not to actually release their venom, but if they do,

毒蛇可以選擇是否真的釋放毒液，但是如果這樣做，

those fangs of theirs are going to release different toxins into your body

那些毒牙就會釋放出不同毒素進入你的身體，

that have varying effects depending on what type of snake bit you.

這些毒素會有不同的效果，取決於咬傷你的蛇的類型。

As always, my name is Blocko, this has been Life Noggin, don't forget to keep on thinking!

一樣，我是 Blocko，這裡是 Life Noggin，別忘了繼續思考！