They have been known to engage in geophagy, the process of eating clay to detoxify their food.
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Children are more likely to be infected than adults because of their tendency towards pica, particularly geophagy ( eating dirt ).
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Soil consumption ( geophagy ) has also been reported and likely helps with digestion, provides minerals and salts, and helps absorb toxins.
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Animals also consume soil ( geophagy ) to obtain minerals, such as moose from Canada mining for minerals from the root wads of fallen trees.
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This type of geophagy has been documented in " many species of mammals, birds, reptiles, butterflies and isopods, especially among herbivores ."
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Calcium for egg development another hypothesis does not appear to be a reason for geophagy during this period as peak usage is after the hatching of eggs.
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He also wrote a remarkable review of geophagy, titled " Die sogenannte Geophagie oder tropische ( besser : Malaria-) Chlorose als Krankheit aller L�nder und Klimate ".
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Geophagy is a rare biological behavior but the species benefits from this tendency since it allows for the intake of minerals and the detoxification of the intestinal region of parasites and other diseases.
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Susan Aufreiter of the University of Toronto and William Mahaney of York University, also in Toronto, wondered if there was any evidence to support " geophagy " _ eating earth for medicinal reasons.
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:: Geophagy is fairly common in poor countries, where people can't get a proper balance of nutrients from plants alone-for anyone who can afford a balanced diet, eating soil or clay is usually either talk ) 09 : 51, 15 August 2014 ( UTC)
