Why do humans get grossed out when they see animal entrails, but animlas will go near the carcass and possibly eat it?

Because we have this absurd misconstrued perception that we’re above that as we have a surplus of food and can culturally adapt to things.

I’m no expert in this, but I learned a little about this in a psychology class I took:

Some psychologists believe that disgust is intimately tied into morality and ethics, and that disgust might even be the precursor to morality. Thus, disgust would be presumably a uniquely human quality. This has been studied in young children, where moral judgments regarding disgust emerge earlier that moral judgments regarding other things, such as danger.

For example: toddlers (~3 years old) will regard a lie as more “naughty” if it is a lie that causes someone to do something gross, like eating moldy bread, as opposed to causing someone to do something dangerous, like enter a house where a dangerous snake is. A review of this study can be found starting on page 13 of this pdf document.

Here’s one other article that discusses what I’m talking about. I can’t vouch for it, as I don’t have time to read the whole thing right now.

We’re not built to handle it so we’re turned off by it. I would think it’s one of the things that came about through evolution that wormed it’s way into society as a whole.

We’re very good at disassociating from what we’re actually eating.
Animals can’t be bothered with such farce.

Damn it, Nimis! Stop making me want to lurve you. I’ve reached the limit and I feel useless!

Placebo lurve is where it’s at.

Holla!

@asmonet: “wormed its way in” very apropos hehehe

Humans are aware of their mortality, we fear death in a more conscious rather than just instinctive manner, and thus we avoid and are often repelled by reminders of it.

Additionally, many people are actually accustomed to such sights. My grandmother butchered chickens and pigs and considered it totally normal. Nowadays, we are several degrees of separation away from our food sources.