Well if you think about it, eating a whole live animal means eating the parts you normally don't and shouldn't eat - the excreta still in the guts, the bones, t

Well if you think about it, eating a whole live animal means eating the parts you normally don't and shouldn't eat - the excreta still in the guts, the bones, the teeth, the stomach acid etc. Yes you can eat lizards and snakes safely, but usually not whole.