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
I read a ways into this thread, and no one has commented on the most obvious answer:
We generally cook our fish that has bones in it. When we cook bones they become less rubbery and pliable, and instead become hard, sharp, and dangerous. Bears, birds and other animals are not cooking their fish, so the bones are still quite flexible, malleable, and easily swallowed.
I fed my dogs raw chickens- bones and all- for years, but any cooked chicken, the bones had to be removed because the bones could splinter and cause GI damage.
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