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Mountain Dew Will Dissolve Rats On Contact | The Smoking Gun
Vet's revolting affidavit details popular soft drink's acidic power
JANUARY 3--Defending itself from a lawsuit claiming that an Illinois man found a dead mouse inside a can of Mountain Dew, PepsiCo contends that a rodent would have disintegrated and been transformed into a jelly-like substance between the time of the soft drinks bottling and the day the plaintiff reportedly purchased the soda from a vending machine at his office.
In a court response to a motion filed by Ronald Ball--who claims to have found the dead mouse in a Mountain Dew can about three years ago--PepsiCo filed a fascinating/revolting affidavit from Lawrence McGill, a veterinarian who noted that he was familiar with the effects an acidic fluid, such as common soda drinks including Mountain Dew, will have on mice and other animals.
According to McGill, if a mouse is submerged in Mountain Dew between four and seven days, the rodent will have no calcium in its bones and bony structures. During those days of soft drink immersion, the mouses abdominal structure will rupture. Additionally, its cranial cavity (head) is also likely to rupture within that time period, McGill noted.
After 30 days exposure to Mountain Dew, all of the mouses structures would have disintegrated to the point that it would not be recognizable. In fact, the mouse will have been transformed into a jelly-like substance. The only part of the rodent that could possibly survive, added McGill, was a portion of the tail.
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I was drinking one as I read the article, too. I'm going to go vomit now ...