Yahoo: Why Do Some Animals Eat Poop? The Mystery of Coprophagy Explained
National Geographic news: Why do animals eat their own poop—and other animals’ too?
While poop is decidedly not on the menu for us humans, it’s a normal food for many animals. In one study in Tanzania, scientists remarked that hooded vultures showed more interest in protein-rich lion ...
Science News: Poop is on the menu for a surprising number of animals
Feces don’t get enough credit as food. The stinky stuff is not just an end product after food gets eaten, digested and finally discarded by animal guts. Poop can also be something nutritious, useful ...
Feces are a valuable tool in the world of animal identification. It might sound gross, but it’s one of the best ways to determine an animal’s behavior. An animal’s poop, known as scat, tells you where ...
What’s the deal with scat? When animals well, you know, poop, they release organic matter which can contain diseases, phosphorus, and even fragments of DNA. Scientifically, animal poop is referred to ...
Phoenix New Times: Somebody mailed animal poop to the county attorney’s home
The word animal comes from the Latin noun animal of the same meaning, which is itself derived from Latin animalis 'having breath or soul'. [5] The biological definition includes all members of the kingdom Animalia. [6] In colloquial usage, the term animal is often used to refer only to nonhuman animals. [7][8][9][10] The term metazoa is derived from Ancient Greek μετα meta 'after' (in ...