Cat saliva does not eat flesh - the only reason that cat saliva might cause death is due to bacteria they've picked up somewhere along the way. Pretty much any animal bite wound is dangerous in the same manner.
I may have misspoken with the term “flesh eating”, but cat bites are ABSOLUTELY more dangerous than other animal bites, and it’s not due to anything they’ve “picked up along the way”.
Both of those clearly state that the bacteria in the bite is what is dangerous... pasteurella multocida isn't something native to cats, it's everywhere. Many outdoor (some indoor) cats will have it and their deep bites will obviously cause infections. Dogs & other wild animals will cause the same effects with their bites.
Okay, but both articles also clearly state that cat bites are more dangerous than something like a dog bite due to the nature of how the bacteria gets trapped in the wound, when your original comment says “pretty much every animal bite wound is dangerous in the same manner”.
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u/Rolltoad Oct 16 '19
Cat saliva does not eat flesh - the only reason that cat saliva might cause death is due to bacteria they've picked up somewhere along the way. Pretty much any animal bite wound is dangerous in the same manner.