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How does human saliva differ from animal saliva?

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It depends on the kind of animal, as omnivores, humans contain amylases in saliva that start to break down polysaccharides in our food directly in our mouths, starches start to get broken down into oligosaccharides as it passes to the stomach. read more

Human saliva is anti-bacterial, but dogs’saliva has even stronger antibiotic properties. I’m sure it true of coyotes, wolves and other animals that are happy to take a drink from an old tire that has six month old rain water. The bacteria that live in our mouths is protective, believe it or not. read more

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