Assertion: capybara | /r/CapableOf | eat their own feces
Facets:
value: to help digest the cellulose
type: PURPOSE
value: to help
type: PURPOSE
value: to extract vitamins
type: PURPOSE
value: to extract the maximum proteins
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Capybaras are autocoprophagous, meaning they eat their own feces as a source of bacterial gut flora, to help digest the cellulose in the grass that forms their normal diet, and to extract the maximum protein and vitamins from their food.
text: Capybaras will eat their own faeces to extract the maximum proteins and vitamins from these foods.
text: Capybaras also eat their feces, which acts as a derivation of microbial gut flora.
text: Capybaras are autocoprophagia, meaning they eat their own feces as a source of bacterial gut flora, to help digest the cellulose in the grass that forms their normal diet, and to extract the maximum protein and vitamins from their food.
text: Capybaras are autocoprophagous, meaning they eat their own feces as a source of bacterial gut flora, to help digest the cellulose in the grass that forms their normal diet, and to extract the maximum protein and vitamins from their food.
text: Capybaras also eat their own feces to help with digesting their meals.
text: True, capybaras eat their own feces, but so do other animals such as wild rabbits, says Rexford Lord, a capybara expert at Pennsylvania's Indiana University.
text: Capybaras are coprophagous, meaning they eat their own feces as a source of bacterial gut flora, to help digest the cellulose in the grass that forms their normal diet, and to extract the maximum protein and vitamins from their food.
text: Capybaras are coprophagous, meaning they eat their own faeces as a source of bacterial gut flora and in order to help digest the cellulose in the grass that forms their normal diet and extract the maximum protein from their food.
text: Capybaras practise coprophagy, eating their own faeces.