![]() A notorious example of this is the pornographic shock video 2 Girls 1 Cup. ![]() Coprophagia is sometimes depicted in pornography, usually under the term "scat" (from scatology). As a paraphilia Ĭoprophilia is a paraphilia ( DSM-5), where the object of sexual interest is feces, and may be associated with coprophagia. Members of a religious cult in Thailand routinely ate the feces and dead skin of their leader, whom they considered to be a holy man with healing powers. However, this story is likely a myth, independent research was not able to verify any of these claims. Lewin reported, ". consumption of fresh, warm camel feces has been recommended by Bedouins as a remedy for bacterial dysentery its efficacy (probably attributable to the antibiotic subtilisin from Bacillus subtilis) was anecdotally confirmed by German soldiers in Africa during World War II". Further information is needed to confirm the accuracy and context of statement. Ĭenturies ago (mid 16th century) physicians tasted their patients' feces, to better judge their state and condition, according to François Rabelais, who studied medicine but was also a writer of satirical and grotesque fiction. The dung and urine of the Zebu is especially important in the list. As a supposed medical treatment Īyurveda and Siddha medicine use various animal excreta in various forms. Casu martzu is a cheese that uses the digestive processes of live maggots to help ferment and break down the cheese's fats. ![]() Several beverages are made using the feces of animals, including but not limited to Kopi luwak, panda tea, insect tea, and Black Ivory Coffee. The feces of the rock ptarmigan is used in Urumiit, which is a delicacy in some Inuit cuisine. Other species may eat feces under certain conditions.Ĭoprophagia by humans In cuisine Some animal species eat feces as a normal behavior, in particular lagomorphs, which do so to allow tough plant materials to be digested more thoroughly by passing twice through the digestive tract. In humans, coprophagia has been described since the late 19th century in individuals with mental illnesses and in some sexual acts, such as the practices of anilingus and felching where sex partners insert their tongue into each other's anus and ingest biologically significant amounts of feces. Coprophagy refers to many kinds of feces-eating, including eating feces of other species (heterospecifics), of other individuals (allocoprophagy), or one's own (autocoprophagy) – those once deposited or taken directly from the anus. The word is derived from the Ancient Greek κόπρος kópros "feces" and φαγεῖν phageîn "to eat". A female Oriental latrine fly ( Chrysomya megacephala) feeds on fecesĬoprophagia ( / ˌ k ɒ p r ə ˈ f eɪ dʒ i ə/ KOP-rə- FAY-jee-ə) or coprophagy ( / k ə ˈ p r ɒ f ə dʒ i/ kə- PROF-ə-jee) is the consumption of feces.
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