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BILL06 Posts: 755 Joined: 2006/08/08	2006/08/22, 08:48 PM My son asked me that the other day...also wanted to know why poop is brown....pee is yellow...why blood is red...all at the same time.He just started on a roll with why certain colors come out of your body(but he's 9 Cristal...you kinda expect these questions from them!:big_smile)I didn't have an answer for him then..maybe you can get one for us bill!!! ok here it goes :P Your urinary system is responsible for getting liquid waste out of your body. The kidneys filter bad chemicals and excess water out of your bloodstream, and turn them into urine, or pee. Your pee is filtered waste -- it's made up of water, acids, salts, and other chemicals that your body doesn't need any more. Most of these chemical wastes are colorless, except for urochrome, which is yellow. Urochrome is actually a pigment from broken down bile, which is the same stuff that gives your poop a brown color. So the same chemicals that make your poop brown are the ones that make your pee yellow! and Answer: The protein hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in the blood, changes shape when it binds oxygen. When it changes shape, it absorbs different wavelengths of light, making it change color. When blood is exposed to air, much more of the hemoglobin absorbs oxygen than had in the vein the blood came from (in the veins, the hemoglobin has already given up most of its oxygen to the body). Therefore, the blood turns red. -ProfBill What would ya do without me Kc ? :big_smile: -------------- \"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.\" ~ Mark Twain
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/08/23, 08:32 AM Thank you so much bill....my boy will be impressed I actually have an answer for him this time.I know all kids ask strange questions...but I swear mine spends his days thinking of questions he knows I can't possibly answer,just so he can say "I thought you said you know everything Mom".
BILL06 Posts: 755 Joined: 2006/08/08	2006/08/23, 08:52 AM Yea reminds of the part of jerry maquire where the young kid and tom are in the car at the airport... " did you know the human head ways 8lbs " and such ....:) -------------- When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/08/23, 12:08 PM KC~ I used to spend all day thinking of questions my parents couldn't answer too. My trick was, I waited until bedtime to ask them, and my dad being the scientist that he was, would stay up with me hours later than I was supposed to be up just to find me the answers. :big_smile:
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/08/23, 12:39 PM Why do we park in a drive way and drive on a parkway? Why do they call them jumbo shrimp? Do whales fart, and if so is that why dolphins beach themselves? -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/08/23, 12:56 PM I KNEW it!!!I knew he planned these questions out!!! Mutt....you must have drove your parents batty!!!
BILL06 Posts: 755 Joined: 2006/08/08	2006/08/23, 01:55 PM I am a 2nd grade teacher and have received a serious question from my class, to which I have no answer. Do whales fart? If so, is it loud? Having looked at your site, I have learned several things, gas in the digestive system would probably cause diving difficulty to whales. However, whales have a digestive system much like our own. I know the question sounds silly, but I assure you it was asked in great sincerity. I would love to answer their curiosity. Thanks. Oh, yes, whales do fart. There are times when they come to the sides of whale watch boats and release clouds one can almost see, they are so pungent. Usually, large bubbles rise to the surface and, well I'm sure you get the picture. I haven't heard of it occurring above the surface where it would make a noise, but probably there are people somewhere who've experienced that. Howard Garrett Orca Network Greenbank WA -------------- When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/08/23, 02:02 PM OK, Here is another if a tree falls in the forest and kills a chimpmonk but no one is around is that chimpmonk dead? -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
	2006/08/23, 02:04 PM This has been very educational! LOL
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2006/08/23, 02:12 PM All of these are just way too funny. :big_smile:
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/08/23, 02:30 PM If the sky is blue, the ocean is blue, why is grass green? Also why was Roseanne Barr so popular? -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
BILL06 Posts: 755 Joined: 2006/08/08	2006/08/23, 03:28 PM LOL, ok you got me on the roseanne question..:big_smile: -------------- When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/08/23, 05:10 PM OK bill.....so why IS snot green????We haven't gotten that answer yet!