How many licks does it take?

Actually to fuck with my teacher we talked about this in my bio class. And there are more factors than just that. The amount of water in your mouth effects it because that changes the amount of sugar that will dissolve. The way the crystalline lattice of the sugar is angled to the stroke of your tongue matters. Even the lollipop itself may be off center. The test would be extremely difficult to accurately do.

I'm almost 97% positive that saliva doesn't have acid in it.

i'm the 3%

You deserve a lot more thumbs than you got.

it doesn't, if it has a ph even slightly under 7, you could brush your teeth forever and they will still rot because they are slowly withering away, your teeth would probably be nothing but gums after 20 years. More or less.

Well not exactly, Over all the millions of years we've been on this earth, our mouths would've probably adapted to be able to handle saliva if it were acidic.

erm no...it would still corode, we wouldnt suddenly be able to have refined precious metals replace our teeth, we would slowly remove the acids from our saliva to make things easier.

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sure, call me if you need science help and I'll help you with science.

Saliva has enzymes that break down food and such, that's why you're supposed to chew for a little before swallowing, besides making the food smaller of course.

but it isn't acid.

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Words are hard

>must have been clear saliva

what color is your saliva? O.o

I meant clear as in it mustn't have a lot of enzymes and aminoacids and you know, stuff that makes saliva dissolve stuff, it must be practically all water.

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I counted 456 when I did it.

usually it takes me 15 before i bite it off

About the same for me too.