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Why Don’t Vultures Get Sick When Eating Dead Things? by Nobody: 7:11pm On Oct 26, 2014
As an animal that is synonymous
with death and disease, the vulture understandably has a poor reputation in many cultures across the globe, despite, ironically enough, being a huge boon to humans in terms of being able to reduce instances of
death and disease.

While it’s important to note that many animals eat carrion, vultures are fairly unique in that they’re able to eat carrion that has succumbed to the effects of decay and disease, a feat few
stomachs in the animal kingdom can match.

As an idea of just how
ridiculously hardy vultures are,
experiments have shown that they are all but immune to botulism and that they can happily chow down on the
flesh of an animal coated in Bacillus anthracis which is better known as the bacteria that causes anthrax!

They also have no problem eating an animal infected with rabies, hog cholera and numerous other diseases that would ultimately be lethal to most otherscavengers.

So how do they do it? Vultures are able to comfortably eat diseased carrion thanks in large part to their highly acidic gastric juices which are sufficiently strong enough to kill most
bacteria before they ever become an issue.

Continue Reading here ---> http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/10/dont-vultures-get-sick-eating-dead-things-cant/

Re: Why Don’t Vultures Get Sick When Eating Dead Things? by Nobody: 7:41pm On Oct 26, 2014
The site you read should have explained it to you; they have extremely strong stomach acids that can digest and kill most bacteria present in carcasses.
Re: Why Don’t Vultures Get Sick When Eating Dead Things? by Ziggyzito(m): 7:52pm On Oct 26, 2014
I know their stomachs contain bacteria that neutralize the toxins they consume.

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