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No, not even close. The vermiform appendix, in animals that have one, is most likely a storage spot for the "good" bacteria that help you digest food. The idea is that, if you get bad diarrhoea (the 'runs') and your "good" bacteria are flushed out of the body, then the appendix will release its stored bacteria, allowing your gut to start digesting food, again.

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