The answer is Magic. You can apply reality to the Magical World. You're thinking way too much and taking that way too seriously. You might as well ask how vampire can drain a human of all of its blood.
My view in the magical context would be that he has to replace all of the blood within his own body possibly all the fluid within his own body with Unicorn Blood in order to keep it going. So it's not just what he can hold in his stomach and intestines but the entire body itself so all of the all of your blood all of your other viscous fluids that are in your body and in your cells have to be replaced by the Unicorn Blood.
On Tue, 7 Feb 2023, 9:00 pm zepyrcat via , <zepyrcat=[email protected]> wrote:
The mongols would drink blood from their horses while they were fighting.? There is about 15 gallons of blood in a horse.? A unicorn of similar size should have about the same amount.?
The human body can hold about 2 to 2.5 gallons of liquid before drowning in excess.? It can also not hold that amount of protein without reacting negatively.? This is why no one can drink an entire gallon of milk at once.?
So why do I keep reading about Quirrell draining a unicorn of all it's blood?? It shouldn't be possible.? And the amount that he could possible drink shouldn't have killed the unicorn.?
Now I believe he killed the unicorn before starting to drink from it.? But I also think he should have brought something to hold the excess, maybe.? It just bugs me that it is so unclear.?
