Humans get sick when drinking dirty water, so how do wild animals survive drinking mainly dirty water? - eviltoast
  • mookulator@wirebase.org
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    1 year ago

    I think they basically have built up a tolerance to those bacteria. They probably got sick at some point and survived.

  • jeff @beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    We’ve evolved to spend more energy on our brain and intelligence. Animals can have better immune systems, plus they’ll build up a resistance to the pathogens.

    People who constantly drink dirty water will also develop resistance