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Eli5: How do wild animals survive infection from getting serious injuries?

Before modern medicine getting a small cut from or a scraped knee could lead to death. How does a lion, for example, survive infection after a brutal encounter with another lion?
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They dont. They either fight off the infection, or die. With most falling into the second category. On top of that, even if their body is able to naturally fight off the infection they are often weakened by it to the point that they become prey to another animal as they lose their mobility.