Claire. Posted June 24, 2017 #1 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Why Do Some Animals Eat Their Own Poop? Why do some animals poop, and then turn around and eat their own droppings? It may appear icky to humans, but the practice of eating poop, known as coprophagia (kop-ruh-fey-jee-uh), is common in the animal kingdom, and helps these animals access nutrients they couldn't digest the first time around, said Bryan Amaral, the senior curator of animal care science at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Read more: Live Science 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted June 24, 2017 #2 Share Posted June 24, 2017 We've had a thread about this before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auntyseptic Posted June 24, 2017 #3 Share Posted June 24, 2017 So can we not talk about eating our own poop anymore, Damn, I thought this place understood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar4Truth Posted June 24, 2017 #4 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I always wondered why my dog sometimes eats his own poop, never could figure out why. Still can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt221 Posted June 25, 2017 #5 Share Posted June 25, 2017 (edited) 16 hours ago, Scholar4Truth said: I always wondered why my dog sometimes eats his own poop, never could figure out why. Still can't. Lack of vitamin B or could be to replace some enzymes........ or just like taste..... I start of all sensible then have to go and spoil it sorry,someone take me to task Edited June 25, 2017 by Matt221 Urm spelling again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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