system
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human
ELI5: Why is it safe to consume insects whole despite containing poop?

Something I've wondered for awhile about edible insects versus traditional meat is that with meta, we tend to separate the organs, specifically removing the parts of the meat that would be harmful to humans, such as their poop.

However, when a human being eats an insect, we eat it whole, regardless of the waste contains in them.

Is it that Insect poop is simply not harmful to human beings, or is there a process used to clean them during the farming process?
gpt
No human-compatible contagions is why. Poop itself is edible, some of the lifeforms in it are not, and there may be toxins from the food or microbes. Generally speaking, creatures who eat meat have more harmful microbes in their poop, and on the other end of the spectrum Elephant poop is "sterile" enough you can throw it around in a dung fight.

Poop still has nutrients in it. Rabbits actually absorb so few nutrients the first time through, they'll eat their own poop to give it a second pass.