Man who eats items


       Michel Lotito also known as Monsieur Mangetout ( Mister Eats All) eats everyday items. He has consumed metal, glass, shopping carts, bicycles and a Cessna 150 and other stuff. I took Lotito roughly two years to eat the Cessna 150( an airplane). Michel cuts up the items so he can eat them. He has been eating unusual items since he was 16 years old. Michel has suffered no ill effects from eating metal and felt fine even after eating stuff considered poisonous and said foods like bananas and boiled eggs makes him sick. From 1959 to 1997 it is estimated that Michel ate around nine tons of metal. When he eats items he drinks a very large amount of water and mineral oil to lubricate the stuff going down his throat. He said he has had no trouble "passing" his unusual diet.


bicycles  18               shopping carts   15         t.v    7     chandelier    8     bed   2
pair of skies   1   Cessna aircraft  1    coffin   1     computer 1

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           GOLDSTONE  BUDDY REFLECTION


        I think the games and activities my group did for the kindergarteners were always good. We had some trouble we had was by trying to think up new games for the kids. But it was difficult because we were very limited to what the kindergarteners abilities could allow us to do, they could only play a few simplistic games. It was hard for me because kindergarteners do not show their feelings so it was very hard for me to know if they are having fun or not. My favorite part of being a leader is when the kids smile at you when you both are doing the same thing because they look up to us. As a buddy I learned that not everything is about control, rules and structure. Sometimes you just have to let your buddy run around and scream like an idiot in order to have fun because rules come later. The biggest challenge was trying not to be scared of having to lead literally 68 five year olds your self. I should really work on speaking up in front of the kids, if I were to do one more month I would try to interact more with the kids especially one on one. Being a buddy made me learn that not everything is about control and rules, sometimes you just have to let your buddy run around screaming like an idiot in order for them to have fun. I was very anxious in the beginning but started to gain confidence as I got to know my buddy. My favorite part was when my buddy asked if I had muscles and I said I did so I flexed my arm for him to feel and he felt it and said angrily " that is not muscle, that's bone." I was laughing so hard on the inside but did not say any thing.
   group planning 5/5     organization 5/5       instructions 5/5      team work 4/5   improvement 4/5
   buddy interaction  8/10     improvement on goal 3/5

                 Fibrodyplasia Ossificans Progessiva


    FOP is a genetic condition that causes muscle and tendon to turn into bone. The slightest knock or bump causes painful flare ups that cause irreversible bone growth. People with this condition slowly grow a second skeleton and can not get needles, injections or biopsies because the bone might start to grow more. There are only 600 people diagnosed with this condition in the world. 80 to 90 percent of them are women 18 or older. Research teams for this condition is not funded by the government. There is no known cause and no known cure for this condition. That is scary.

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Parts of the Kidney     Whole Kidney - You can only see the renal cortex with a little bit of the             renal  pelvis sticking out with the long whitish tube is the ureter.

                              Half Kidney- Here you can see everything. The outside layer is the renal cortex and the slightly darker inner layer is the renal medulla. The renal pelvis is clearly visibal white area in the middle of the kidney that leads to the ureter.

                                                                                                                                                                  

         The Urinary System of the Camel

           The Camel has a special kidney that can concentrate the urine more then sea water but less then the dessert rat. Because of this, drinking salt water does not harm the camel. A dehydrated camel can replace water within minutes and is quickly absorbed in to the kidneys blood stream. The camel is adapt to scarce water but the kidney can also adapt to rapid dehydration and does not lead to demyelination of the brain. The camel can store water in its three stomachs (2.5 gallons) and use that when there is no water. The camel can lose 40 percent of its body weight before it becomes distressed. The camel can go for 5-7 days before having to drink. When the camel does drink it can drink 21 gallons in 10 minutes.

  fun fact; camels do not store water in their humps but fat in their humps.