Love that he worked in the word coprophagy into. From Wordnik.com. [Cootiehog] Reference
From coprophagy to predation: a dung beetle that kills millipedes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
Now it turns out that terrestrial gastropods may have been into coprophagy for quite a long time, at least since dinosaurs were around. From Wordnik.com. [Did ancient snails dig dino dung?] Reference
Cecotropes are rich in bacterial protein, and this double digestion (coprophagy) enables the animals to utilize the fermentation products formed in the cecum. From Wordnik.com. [14 Domestic Rabbit] Reference
The fact that these rodents eat their own droppings (coprophagy) augments their ability to utilize natural forages, and allows them to abound in degraded zones. From Wordnik.com. [15 Agouti] Reference
Morphological similarities placing D. valgum in the same subgenus with non-predatory dung-feeding species suggest a major and potentially rapid behavioural shift from coprophagy to predation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
In general, an evolution towards coprophagy is evident in several Scarabaeoidea lineages. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Two decades of crapulence by the political class has been prologue to the era of coprophagy that is now upon us. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
The ancestral shift in feeding habits from saprophagy to coprophagy in the Scarabaeoidea probably coincided with the appearance of large terrestrial herbivores, particularly grazing Mesozoic reptiles and subsequently mammals. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Please forward all flames, complaints, whining, accusations about my mother, inferences of habouring an Oedipus complex, demands to engage in coprophagy before shuffling off this mortal coil, and anatomically impossible suggestions. From Wordnik.com. [The Hardball Times] Reference
Please forward all flames, complaints, whining, accusations about my mother, inferences of habouring an Oedipus complex, demands to engage in coprophagy before shuffling off this mortal coil, and anatomically impossible suggestions here. From Wordnik.com. [The Hardball Times] Reference
All I can think of is coprophagy when I see GG's pic. From Wordnik.com. [Ups and Downs: More Bikes, Less Hope] Reference
A dog that eats his or another dog’s waste has coprophagy, according to the Humane Society of the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Vet Removes 13 Golf Balls from Dog's Stomach] Reference
10 posted on 10 / 01 / 2008 4: 34: 04 AM PDT coprophagy. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
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