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ELI5: If the liver filters out toxins from the animal's body, then why does it contain such nutritional value for carnivores and is typically what the eat first?
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The liver does a lot of things. There are lots of biochemical reactions you need to survive which takes place in the liver. The liver does not actually filter out toxins but it changes it to other less toxic chemicals that can either be metabolized or filtered out by the kidneys. But this is just a small part of the biochemical reactions taking place. The liver produce proteins, a lot of the hormones, bile, insulin, etc. A lot of these biochemical processes is what actually requires the vitamins and minerals you need so the liver is where you find the biggest concentrations of these.