How can animals eat spoiled rotting bacteria infested meat (or anything really) yet I’ll get really sick doing the same?

Question

How can animals eat spoiled rotting bacteria infested meat (or anything really) yet I’ll get really sick doing the same?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Dogs can eat a greater variety than we can because their gut biome has different bacteria and their stomach acid is much more acidic than ours. That’s why they can eat bones, for example. But they’d still get sick from putrid meat.