Sometimes, dogs do strange things. Beyond rolling in mud puddles or biting themselves, your pet might drink from toilets or lick its butt. In other cases, it may eat its own poop or, worse, the poop ...

Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort company is producing an I Eat Poop movie. I Eat Poop: A Dung Beetle Story is a popular children’s book by Mark Pett. Published in 2021, it tells the story of an insect ...

When I was living in Chicago, my landlady had a wonderful golden retriever that was incredibly friendly, smart and fun to play with - but he had one ridiculous habit: he liked to eat his own poop.

It is never a pleasant moment when you see your dog doing something you thought only happened in the wild. Watching them eat poop feels confusing and a bit alarming, but it is more common than people ...

It’s not uncommon for a dog to sniff around a yard, come across a pile of poop, and gobble it up. Or even to eat its own poop. It might sound quite disgusting, but lots of dogs will eat poop at some ...

In recent months, unusual wildlife behaviours have been trending across social platforms, especially topics that challenge what we normally expect from the natural world. One such behaviour that ...

Hamsters engage in coprophagy, specifically eating cecotropes, a vital digestive process for nutrient absorption from their fibrous diets. These nutrient-rich droppings, produced in the cecum, provide ...