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tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 week 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 week 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 week ago
Close! Actually they eat their mother’s shit.
difficult@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
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HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Thank you! Annoyed by the lack of information elsewhere in the thread
20cello@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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Liz@midwest.social 1 week 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 week 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 week ago
Maybe it’s more social. A little fisting among friends, if you will.
Liz@midwest.social 1 week ago
I think they do it for the gut bacteria, but I’m not an elephant gut ologist.
KingJalopy@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Eat shit and thrive