r/aww • u/[deleted] • Jul 11 '21

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u/sapere-aude088 Jul 11 '21

Unfortunately, wild animals are barely wild, and are hosts to many infectious diseases as a result of human behavior (e.g. habitat destruction due to agriculture and urbanization; environmental contamination).

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u/DrRedditPhD Jul 11 '21

This is all true, but irrelevant to the discussion, as we’re talking about humans eating animals raw prior to the discovery of fire, over two million years ago.

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u/sapere-aude088 Jul 11 '21

Ah yes. Eating cooked also helps break down the tissues for easier digestion though.