Other animals, such as rabbits and rodents, practise coprophagia behaviours - eating specialised faeces in order to re-digest food, especially in the case of roughage. Capybara, rabbits, hamsters and other related species do not have a complex digestive system as do, for example, ruminants. Instead they extract more nutrition from grass by giving their food a second pass through the gut. Soft faecal pellets of partially digested food are excreted and generally consumed immediately. They also produce normal droppings, which are not eaten. COUNT 4
QSN1 What is the practive of coprophagia behaviours? ANS1 eating specialised faeces in order to re-digest food QSN2 Why do some animals pass food through their gut twice? ANS2 extract more nutrition QSN3 What happens with these soft feacal pellets? ANS3 excreted and generally consumed immediately QSN4 Are normal droppings also eaten?  ANS4 not eaten