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[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago

Humans probably do this, we just likely do it during childbirth. You know how women often shit during contractions? There is evidence to suggest that this innoculates a baby with her gut flora. A child born via cesarian has significantly different gut flora for the first six months of life than a child born vaginally.

We also see rabbits eating their own shit to squeeze out some extra nutrients.

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago

They suck too, but they're at least food for other animals.

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