I do not want to google this. Say you braided them or put several layers of intestines around the neck for strength, would it still snap? How long would it last? Does anyone know the tensile strength of human intestines? Can you dry them and make various things with the fibers? A string for a violin? A jumping rope? Enough colored fibers for a dashing wig? Oh the places research takes you to...
As I have very little first-hand experience with gutting people and processing their intestines- uh... Anyway. How about you research the properties of pig intestine? Pigs and humans are surprisingly alike in their anatomy, and animal intestines have been used for various purposed over the centuries. Maybe there's something that'll suit your, er, tastes. Alternatively, go to a website that publishes medical research papers. It's crazy what science people are interested in these days. I did a little search for you and, lo and behold... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12231288
It's probably wise not to google - but DuckDuckGo should be fine to source information on this - they don't track data like google does - also if you are somewhere where your data is being tracked get a VPN. But as @Partridge said - there is no substitute for experience - get some pig intestines from a butcher and hand some weights - who knows it might be inspirational.
It is quite possible that human... tubes... might be able to support the weight of a person. Their tensile strength is surprisingly strong, all things considered. I watched a Because Science because the Ant-Man V Th-anus thing, and the human intestines can actually take quite a bit.
Thanks for the replies! Although testing it out with pig intestines sounds like a good evening, I will refrain from that for now. I can already imagine the conversation with the local authorities. @Jenissej Thank you for the link! Now I just need to figure out how to comprehend the information given. I am not a native anatomy/mechanical speaker, but I will figure it out after some further research. So thanks! Interesting that the research has been done in Russia. Poor peasant Ivan giving his anus hose for the motherland.
I highly doubt it. They aren’t very thick. I’ve never felt a humans intestines, but I’ve gutted deer. I’m positive that if I pulled on a deer intestine hard enough, I could break it with my hands.
Intestines are really slippery and you'd have a hard time tying knots in them or anything like that without squeezing the contents out, washing them and half drying them. How do I know this? I'm a hunter and my wife has experimented with using deer guts as sausage skins. Nothing sinister in my knowledge of this.
