We can eat raw meat too with essentially the same consequences as wild animals.
Many dishes around the world are made of raw meat. Thing is raw meat consumed by humans is generally of a higher grade and well stored because of health related laws and thank god for that.
Wild animals are generally full of parasites and live significantly shorter lives than they would if they ate safely stored and cooked meat.
In the case of animals feeding on carrions their immune systems are generally very well adapted to their preferred choice of food.
Answer: Carnivores get sick and die all the time, and are often riddled with parasites. That’s one reason why the lifespan of wild animals is significantly lower than that of the same animals in captivity, in most cases.
Humans also evolved with cooked food, it makes food safer for us and makes calories more bioavailable, and we lost what little ability we had to eat raw meat as a result.
Most live prey animals aren’t infected with bacteria or fungi. If they are, they’re sick and dying (and typically eaten by scavengers or specialised animals). Predators that hunt eat fresh raw meat. Humans can also eat this without much issue.
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We can eat raw meat too with essentially the same consequences as wild animals.
Many dishes around the world are made of raw meat. Thing is raw meat consumed by humans is generally of a higher grade and well stored because of health related laws and thank god for that.
Wild animals are generally full of parasites and live significantly shorter lives than they would if they ate safely stored and cooked meat.
In the case of animals feeding on carrions their immune systems are generally very well adapted to their preferred choice of food.
We can eat raw meat and be fine, but it has to be immediately after the animal dies. Storing raw meat to eat later is the problem.
Answer: Carnivores get sick and die all the time, and are often riddled with parasites. That’s one reason why the lifespan of wild animals is significantly lower than that of the same animals in captivity, in most cases.
Humans also evolved with cooked food, it makes food safer for us and makes calories more bioavailable, and we lost what little ability we had to eat raw meat as a result.
Most live prey animals aren’t infected with bacteria or fungi. If they are, they’re sick and dying (and typically eaten by scavengers or specialised animals). Predators that hunt eat fresh raw meat. Humans can also eat this without much issue.