Comments on: Episode 39: Chinese Invasion Alarm

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:38:09 +0000

I am doing a science experiment on Whose mouth is cleaner, a dog’s or a human’s and My results are that the human’s mouth is cleaner than a dog’s. The amount of bacteria is close in comparison, but the dog’s mouths were still dirtier. I am confused!! :/

By: earthmover

earthmover — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:09:51 +0000

To those pet owners who let their dogs lick their face!!! REMEMBER they also lick their arse and everything else at the rear. Lovely if your partner then wants to kiss you too.

By: Shane Hockin

Shane Hockin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:08:43 +0000

Dogs eat their own crap.

‘Nuff said.

By: Pee Question « Sappy Love Story

Pee Question « Sappy Love Story — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:26:58 +0000

[...] wasn’t until I saw the MythBusters episode # 39, where Adam and Jaime tested whether food was still edible after picking it up off the floor in [...]

By: Katrac

Katrac — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:27:41 +0000

my friend and i are also doing an experiment on which household pet has a cleaner mouth. we’re comparing them to humans and this site has been tons of help. :) thanx a million

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:15:05 +0000

Love the site! The 5 second rule episode has me wondering. Jamie and Adam pressed the samples onto the floor for the timescales stated, they didn’t just let them fall and pick them back up again, which is in my view a fairer scenario. Ergo, the results would be different from reality. Thoughts?

By: adrianqx

adrianqx — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:28:25 +0000

its not the number bacteria that counts its the type.plus a dog licks its arse all day that cant be good

By: John

John — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:14:41 +0000

I would say that the Chinese Invasion alarm should be considered confirmed not plausible. In this episode, it was stated that no evidence was found that it was ever used. It was actually used in 1552 by István Dobó commanding a small contingent of men, women and children in Eger Hungary to defend the Eger castle against the invading Turkish army of 40,000+. This is considered by many as the greatest military victory in Hungarian history. A few years ago I toured the fortess museum in Eger and have seen the equipment still installed in its original place in the castle. The guide explained that the large drums placed into the numerous nooks along the passageways under the castle were used to listen for invaders tunneling from the outside. The guide also indicated that Istvan had brought in a specialist to upgrade the defenses of the fortress prior to the seige. This individual had come from another country (Germany or Prussia I believe) and the fortifications he put in place(including the alarm system) were state of the art at the time (1500s).

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:03:46 +0000

I totaly belive that dogs mouths are cleaner than humans! (It depends though on what they eat)
Go mythbusters!

By: alexia

alexia — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:17:58 +0000

Im doing a science fair project on who’s mouth is cleaner a dog or a human.your research has been alot of help.Im a sixth grader.