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tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
In the absence of information I’m going to go ahead and suggest that they get the bacteria by scraping their teeth along tree bark until the right bacteria gets picked up
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tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
In the absence of information I’m going to go ahead and suggest that they get the bacteria by scraping their teeth along tree bark until the right bacteria gets picked up
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 1 year ago
Close! Actually they eat their mother’s shit.
difficult@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
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HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Thank you! Annoyed by the lack of information elsewhere in the thread
20cello@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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Liz@midwest.social 1 year ago
Elephants will eat each other’s shit. I’ve seen an elephant reach onto another’s anus and pull out some delicious shit to eat.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 1 year ago
Elephants and Koalas both aren’t ruminants but eat mostly leaves so there’s usually plenty of only partly digested plant material in their stool. I don’t think elephants technically need to do this though (unlike some smaller animals like rabbits which eat their own shit as an important part of their digestion process).
I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 year ago
Maybe it’s more social. A little fisting among friends, if you will.
Liz@midwest.social 1 year ago
I think they do it for the gut bacteria, but I’m not an elephant gut ologist.
KingJalopy@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Eat shit and thrive