Why vultures don't get sick from eating rotten meat; the remarkable adaptations that make them nature's ultimate clean-up crew

• Representative imageWondering how vultures can eat a carcass and not get sick?
• Well vultures may have one of the toughest diets in the animal kingdom but their bodies are built to cope.
• These birds can feed off carcasses that would make most animals dangerously sick, because their digestive systems are specially adapted to destroy harmful bacteria, tolerate certain toxins, and process decaying flesh with remarkable efficiency.