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Can bears eat rotten meat?

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There are very few animals that can. Generally speaking rotting meat is reserved for detrito-organisms, such as maggots and buzzards/vultures. Grizzlies will eat carrion, but only if it's a fairly fresh kill and is not rotten. If there are parts of the corpse that are rotten the Grizz will eat around them. 23 окт. 2016 г.


What animals eat rotten meat?

Examples of carrion-eaters (or scavengers) include crows, vultures, condors, hawks, eagles, hyenas, Virginia opossum, Tasmanian devils, coyotes and Komodo dragons.

Do animals eat rotting corpses?

Nope, once they are decomposing, they are useless. Except as food for animals, some animals will eat rotting corpses especially if you leave those corpses near their sleeping area so it is close when they wake up.

Do bears eat things that are dead?

They'll feed on anything that's dead, anything that's easy pickings. It would be very rare for a black bear to kill a person like that,” said Pelton, professor emeritus of the University of Tennessee who taught wildlife science and studied bears in the park, and around the world, for 40 years.

Can polar bears eat rotten meat?

They have a very strong stomach so even food that is in a rotting state can be consumed by them without any adverse effects. While Polar Bears can also consume land animals, they just aren't fast enough most of the time.

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