Reply #3: That's why we cook meat, so we can eat it safely

[Warpy]

True carnivores have short guts that eliminate foods quickly enough that bacteria in meat can't infect them. They eliminate plant foods too slowly to gain full nutrition from them.

We've got that long simian gut that is better suited to plant foods, although our close cousins in the wild eat insects, birds, fish, and occasionally (but rarely) carrion.

I'll leave the carpaccio and tartare to the foodies. I know what's likely living in commercially grown and slaughtered meat and no thanks. If I eat it (and I have free range chicken wings simmering for soup right now), I'll cook it thoroughly, thanks.