Animals like hyenas and vultures can eat meat that would kill or incapacitate a human, but is there any limit to that? At which point on the scale between “still kicking” and “liquid that is 50% various fungi” does the meat become inedible to a carrion eater, whether that is by giving it food poisoning or simply not having any accessible nutrients anymore?
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I’m not sure about hyenas but vultures have evolved to have an incredibly low stomach acid pH, often around 1, the most acidic of any animal. This kills any diseases or pathogens. Also, since they spot carcasses so quickly and so many vultures get to the carcass, the meat never has much time to rot before getting eaten.
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