Submitted by StressfulRiceball t3_123132x in askscience
PHealthy t1_jduwtag wrote
Reply to comment by GeriatricHydralisk in Do most animals have to worry about complications from cannibalization? by StressfulRiceball
We don't really know, a lot of mammals are also highly resistant to prions so it's thought it's an issue of susceptibility.
GeriatricHydralisk t1_jdvilbz wrote
Did some googling, and it looks like only mammals have the specific protein sequence needed: https://www.cell.com/trends/biochemical-sciences/fulltext/S0968-0004(07)00060-6
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