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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Why do animals eat each others' faeces?
« on: 21/12/2009 18:30:03 »
Donna Morehead asked the Naked Scientists:
I want to know, why do animals like to eat feces? My dogs simply cannot resist the lure of the catbox, and one of them will actually eat the other dog's fecal matter, or, somehow more horrifyingly, his own!!! Do other animals do this, why on Earth would they do it, and importantly, how do we stop them? Yuck!
Love the show, I hope you can answer my yucky question!
Donna in Colorado, USA.
What do you think?
I want to know, why do animals like to eat feces? My dogs simply cannot resist the lure of the catbox, and one of them will actually eat the other dog's fecal matter, or, somehow more horrifyingly, his own!!! Do other animals do this, why on Earth would they do it, and importantly, how do we stop them? Yuck!
Love the show, I hope you can answer my yucky question!
Donna in Colorado, USA.
What do you think?