This is something that always baffled me and seeing a video of a bear eating a salmon, it reminded me of this: The bear ate the salmon with it’s intestines, raw, no questions or care. Just bearing his own way through the salmon, barely a care in the world. And, like, I’ve seen videos of lions eating antelopes and zebra’s intestines also, and no issue there. Why? Would that work for all kinds of animals?
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There is the distinct possibility that while we evolved to cook food to get much more nutrition out of the things we eat (cooking is somewhat like pre chewing and pre digesting). As this tended to sterilize the food as well, our natural defences against other bacteria present in dead animals also decreased.
Leaving is in the position we are in now. After all, you only find poop and intestines disgusting because we evolved to the point physically and culturally where we stopped eating it. If we never did, I don’t even think the smell of shit would be as bothersome. (Ever noticed how none of your pets usually react to a stinky fart or shit?)
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