• JollyTheRancher@beehaw.org
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    It’s a misconception that wild animals don’t get sick drinking dirty water. Humans can drink dirty water, they just get really sick - animals do too. Some have microbiomes that do offer some protection, but, animals get sick from dirty water all the time.

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    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

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    wild animals get sick all the time, and this includes waterborne diseases. some of them are packed with nematodes, for example

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