Submitted by XComhghall t3_zzpl96 in askscience
VoilaVoilaWashington t1_j2fhenh wrote
Reply to comment by BrokenImmersion in If fish accumulate mercury in the more toxic, methylmercury form, is it toxic to them? by XComhghall
Yes, but it also means we need to eat more.
Take two animals with identical metabolisms, one's 10kg and one's 100kg.
If both eat 0.1mg per day of a toxin, then yeah, the bigger creature will do better.
But if the food contains 0.1 mg/kg of food, and the big creature needs to eat 10x more food to survive, then it balances out.
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