Why is it that bears, birds and other animals can eat fish without getting the bone stuck in their throat, but when humans do it and the bone gets stuck, it becomes an emergency ?
In: Biology
The physical qualities of cooked bone vs uncooked bone could have much to do with it.
When bones are cooked, they get hard and brittle, while uncooked bones have some flexibility to them. Cooked bones are therefore more likely to break into sharp pieces, while uncooked bones are less likely and therefore less piercing.
This is why uncooked bones are okay for animals, like dogs, while cooked bones may be extremely dangerous.
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