Care for a drink of corrosive liquid?

If so, grab a can of Mountain Dew... because according to this article, the makers of Mountain Dew say that their beverage will dissolve the carcass of a mouse.

This was the defense offered by Mountain Dew when a man sued the company after allegedly finding a dead mouse in his can of the carbonated concoction. The manufacturer said this was not possible, because in the 15 months between canning the beverage and the supposed discovery of the deceased creature, the mouse would have largely been dissolved, leaving only a "jelly-like substance".

Here's a direct quote from the article cited above:

"I think it is plausible that it could dissolve a mouse in a few months," said Yan-Fang Ren of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, who has studied the effects of citric acid on bones and teeth. "But dissolving [the mouse] does not mean it will disappear, because you'll still have the collagen and the soft tissue part. It will be like rubber."

According to Ren, Mountain Dew contains citric acid, a substance naturally found in citrus fruits that exists as a powder in its purified, industrialized form. Most citrus sodas mix in the stuff to give drinks their tangy bite, while most colas, such as Coca Cola and Pepsi, incorporate phosphoric acid for the same effect. Consequently, these drinks have a low pH value around 3 (very acidic). Coca Cola, with its dark coloring and non-fruity flavor, may be the soft drink most often compared to battery acid, but in 2004, a well-known study led by dentist J. Anthony von Fraunhofer found that citrus sodas like Mountain Dew and Sprite erode tooth enamel around six times faster than colas. 

And we're supposed to drink this stuff? Really?