Why don't animals get sick when they eat raw meat?

Question

I know it's something to do with their digestive system, but how exactly?

Answer 1

becasue there wild animals

Answer 2

Are you asking this in this category to antagonize people or because you really want an answer? Given the way you phrased your question, I would guess the former but if it happens to be the latter - it would depend on the meat you ate and how you killed the animal. There are obviously some dishes involving raw meat (Steak Tartare, Sushi, etc) but even those have the potential to make you sick if incorrectly prepared. If you freshly killed and animal and ate some of the meat your chances of becoming ill are less than if you simply ate random raw meat or if you killed an animal that happened to be diseased. I'd recommend cooking the meat to be safe. It tastes better that way anyway.

Answer 3

Animals cant cook and they dont know how to make fire ,so in able to survive they have learned to eat and like raw meat ,that they have killed.
their stomach acids are very strong

Animals like crocodile will stash their meat untill it is rotten and soft before they eat it

Snakes have very strong acids in their stomachs and help to digest their food with the help of the warmth of the sun ,which is why reptiles need to bask in the sun

turtles will eat rotten meat as wel as many carrion eaters ,like vultures coyote,hyena etc.

lions swallow the raw meat in big chunks and their strong stomach acids digest the food

we can also eat raw meat and probably did initially like monkeys ,we still do with dishes like savichi,beefsteak tartar(or American)suchi,but we use lemon juice to help the digestion,
most of the time we eat for pleasure not nessesity,and cooking has so much to offer for taste

Answer 4

We can eat raw meat too... so long as we eat it fast. By the time a farmer kills a cow, cuts it into pieces, ships it to a distributor who forwards to a grocery store, enough bacteria has formed to make any animal sick. However, do note that most wild animals, even dogs, have more powerful saliva which eats the bacteria upon contact.

And evolution plays a major part.

And the fact that the animals we eat aren't free roaming in the wild, but raised in farms w/ filthly backwards tobacco chewing donks

Answer 5

I'd assume stomach enzymes? I saw a recent Wife Swap episode where a family also had a raw meat diet. Weird stuff.

Answer 6

Because their stomach acid contains powerful enzymes that break down the food before bacteria can fester and take hold. They also have shorter digestive tracks that don't allow for internal spoilage.

Answer 7

Because preadators are designed to eat raw meat.. they arent designed to eat cooked meat... I eat raw meat all the time myself.. have been for over 40 years.. i have less problem with it usually than cooked meat...

Or short answer.. Animals dont COOK!

Answer 8

Humans can eat raw meat too as long as it is fresh, there's nothing wrong with that.

Answer 9

They have a strong digestive system. They dont even need mulching in mouth as we need for optimum diogestion.

Answer 10

some animals do get sick and die, while others have immunities that came from their parents. The parts of animals that really get other animals sick is the brain matter. Animals usually don't eat the brains, but i've seen some monkeys that did, and they are sort of "monkey insane" i guess.

Answer 11

As animals have never cooked their food, they've evolved the ability to eat it raw.