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Originally Posted by lady_bug87
Which eat poop? I tried looking all over the web and i cannot find any evidence that there are *any* coprophagous mites.
And if they are mold mites it doesn't make sense to make poop mold so you don't have to pick it up besides that's not how coprophagia works.
Insects that are coprophagic eat left over nutrients in the feces of large animals. Herbivore digestive systems are inefficient and therefore a lot of nutrients are found in the feces. They don't eat just any old poop.
Besides there would be no reason for a coprophagic mite to eat snake feces since their digestive systems are extremely efficient, there wouldn't be enough nutrients left to sustain them.
Just a quick source: Coprophagia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
I have seen myself small red mites (or at least, that's certainly what I took them to be.) eating poop on a cattle farm. They were absolutely swarming it.. I agree there is not much of a reason to go after snake feces, for the exact reasons you said. You'll notice I did not specify snake feces though, did I?
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