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Zoopharmacognosy is a behaviour in which non-human animals self-medicate by selecting and ingesting or topically applying plants, soils and insects with medicinal properties, to prevent or reduce the harmful effects of pathogens, toxins, and even other animals.
Circular dendrogram of feeding behaviours A mosquito drinking blood (hematophagy) from a human (note the droplet of plasma being expelled as a waste) A rosy boa eating a mouse whole A red kangaroo eating grass The robberfly is an insectivore, shown here having grabbed a leaf beetle An American robin eating a worm Hummingbirds primarily drink nectar A krill filter feeding A Myrmicaria brunnea ...
This kind of zoopharmacognosy use differs from one species to another. For example, mountain gorillas from Rwanda tend to ingest clay soil during dry season, when the vegetation changes forcing them to feed on plants that have more toxic compounds, in this case the ingested clay absorbs these toxins providing digestive benefits. [4]
Zoopharmacognosy is the study of how animals select certain plants as self-medication to treat or prevent disease. [5] Usually, this behavior is a result of coevolution between the animal and the plant that it uses for self-medication. [ 5 ]
zoopharmacognosy: the process by which animals self-medicate, by selecting and using plants, soils, and insects to treat and prevent disease; marine pharmacognosy : the study of chemicals derived from marine organisms.
Live food is commonly used as feed for a variety of species of exotic pets and zoo animals, ranging from crocodilians (crocodiles and alligators) to various snakes, turtles, lizards and frogs, but also including other non-reptilian, non-amphibian species such as birds and mammals (for instance, pet skunks, which are omnivorous mammals, can ...
Zoopharmacognosy; use of substances for medicinal effect (rather than Recreational drug use in animals or for food) Wind sucking; similar to cribbing, whereby the horse arches its neck and sucks air into the windpipe, but without needing to grab a solid object. [45]
Collaborating with primatologist Richard Wrangham, Rodriguez introduced the concept of zoopharmacognosy. [3] Rodriguez graduated from the University of Texas, Austin with a B.S. in 1969 and a Ph.D. in phytochemistry and plant biology in 1975. [4] Later, at the University of British Columbia, he received medical postdoctoral training in ...