Why Do Some Animals Eat Poop?

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Learn more about quokkas over on @animalogic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj-EGNN5HwQ Animals eat their own poop in order to gain extra access to nutrients or to microbes that help digest those nutrients. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Coprophagy: Consuming feces - Allocoprophagy: Consuming others’ feces - Autocoprophagy: Consuming one’s own feces - Fecal microbiota transplant: A treatment for C. diff that involves transplanting feces from a healthy individual into a patient. - Cecotropes: Also known as night poops, these are the soft, shiny pellets that rabbits excrete and then consume. - Pap: A special substance produced by mother koalas that their babies feed on during the transition from drinking milk to eating eucalyptus leaves. CREDITS ********* Script Writer: David Goldenberg Script Editor: Emily Elert Video Illustrator: Ever Salazar Video Director: David Goldenberg Video Narrator: Emily Elert With Contributions From: Henry Reich, Alex Reich, Kate Yoshida, Peter Reich Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) OUR L

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