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- Geophagia (/ˌdʒiːəˈfeɪdʒ(i)ə/), also known as geophagy (/dʒiˈɒfədʒi/), is the intentional practice of eating earth or soil-like substances such as clay...
- dries the mouth with a pungent aftertaste of dirt that lingers for hours. Geophagiapractice of eating dirt, soil Mud pie Clammer, P. (2016). Haiti. Bradt...
- Dermatophagia (skin) Emetophagia (vomit) Geomelophagia (raw potatoes) Geophagia (earth, soil, sand, clay, chalk) Hematophagia (vampirism) (blood) Hyalophagia...
- was a decisive factor in the infamous Battle of P****chendaele in 1917. Geophagia is the practice of eating earth or soil-like substances, also known as...
- African countries for pleasure, and by pregnant women as a cure for nausea. Geophagia is the practice of eating the earth, including soil and chalk. This practice...
- Myzocytosis Others Microbivory Bacterivore Fungivore Coprophagia Detritivore Geophagia Omnivore Planktivore Saprophagy Xenophagy Lithotroph Plastivore Methods...
- additives Clay pit – Open-pit mining for the extraction of clay minerals Geophagia – Practice of eating earth or soil-like substrates such as clay or chalk...
- moving minerals up the food chain. Larger organisms may also consume soil (geophagia) or use mineral resources, such as salt licks, to obtain minerals. Finally...
- matter: Coprophage: eating faeces Detritivore: eating decomposing material Geophagia: eating inorganic earth Osteophage: eating bones Saprophage: eating decaying...
- Myzocytosis Others Microbivory Bacterivore Fungivore Coprophagia Detritivore Geophagia Omnivore Planktivore Saprophagy Xenophagy Lithotroph Plastivore Methods...