I’ve heard firemen say when they’ve gone on calls to enter the home of an elderly person who has died, their pet dogs were eating the parts of the body. So nasty......
Cats as well.....
That’s a new one....never heard of domestic cats doing that before. Now feral cats....that’s another matter. They are capable of just about anything. Among the worst pests imaginable.
In a 1990 study done at the University of California, Davis, researchers found dog saliva killed E. coli and Streptococcus canis, another harmful bacteria. The scientists concluded that when mother dogs licked their nipples it helped keep puppies free from disease, and that dogs licking their own wounds accomplished the same goal.
I found this here:
http://www2.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF12/1234.html