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Originally Posted by Rednine11
I'm not completely sure but I think dogs recognize that there is still a small amount of undigested material there so therefore it has some nutritional value. I don't think all dogs eat it do they?
I have NEVER known my Jack Russell to do it
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Make that a lot of undigested protein given the short length of the dog and cat intestinal tract. Suffice to say they need to eat by proportion much more than humans to get the same nutritional value. Humans due to the length of our intestinal tract would digest and absorb much more per pound than carnivores and omnivores. Makes sense. You really don't want meat (especially rotting meat) to hang in your system any longer than it has too. Fruit, grain, nuts and vegetables are a different story hence the reason why humans have such a long tract. I sure that meat verse vegetable require different enzymes to break them down but again, nothing you want to festoon in your bowels.