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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Elephants and Koalas both aren't ruminants but eat mostly leaves so there's usually plenty of only partly digested plant material in their stool. I don't think elephants technically need to do this though (unlike some smaller animals like rabbits which eat their own shit as an important part of their digestion process).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Maybe it's more social. A little fisting among friends, if you will.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I think they do it for the gut bacteria, but I'm not an elephant gut ologist.