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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They horde metals, and it is not out of question that it's likely their food source. Ingest enough:

  • Nickel, and the hydrochloric acid in your stomach will start producing Hydrogen gas
  • Silver, and nitric acid (let's just assume they have an organ for that) is explosive
  • Gold, and any organ that produces ammonia will produce "fulminating gold", an explosive purple compound that triggers on light exposure.