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Vultures can eat carcasses infected with anthrax without getting sick.

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Vultures have extremely acidic stomachs (often around pH ~1) that destroy many pathogens in rotten meat. While that doesn’t make them “immune to everything,” it greatly lowers disease risk from scavenging compared to most animals.

🤯 "Vultures can eat carcasses infected with anthrax without getting sick. Biological hazard suits included."

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