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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...
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development –
another hypothesis – does not
appear to be a
reason for
geophagy during this
period as peak
usage is
after the
hatching of eggs. Another...
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abnormalities are
rarely found.
People practicing forms of pica, such as
geophagy, pagophagy, and amylophagy, are more
likely to be
anemic or to have low...
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geophagy, or the
process of
eating earth, like is an
interesting topic of
discussion for Cabrakan's
ultimate defeat. It is the
practice of
geophagy,...
- to lick
salts ac****ulated on road surfaces.
Animals also
consume soil (
geophagy) to
obtain minerals, such as
moose from
Canada mining for
minerals from...
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women who are pregnant. This
habit of
eating clay is also
known as
geophagy.
Human geophagy may be
related to pica, a
classified eating disorder in the DSM-IV...
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sometimes eat
kaolin for
pleasure or to
suppress hunger, a
practice known as
geophagy. In Africa,
kaolin used for such
purposes is
known as
kalaba (in Gabon...
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known as
geophagy. Clay is the
primary ingredient of kaolin. It has been
proposed that for primates,
there are four
hypotheses relating to
geophagy in alleviating...
- Frugivory, nectarivory, and
folivory are well understood; in addition,
geophagy behaviour has also been
reported in this
species recently, and is suggested...
- is the
practice of
eating earth or soil-like substances, also
known as
geophagy, and is
practiced by some non-human
primates and by
humans in some cultures...
