Geophagia (/ˌdʒiːəˈfeɪdʒ(i)ə/), also known as geophagy (/dʒiˈɒfədʒi/), is the intentional practice of eating earth or soil-like substances such as clay...

with a pungent aftertaste of dirt that lingers for hours. Ersatz good Geophagia – Practice of eating earth or soil-like substrates Mud pie Pica Sawdust...

Dermatophagia (skin) Emetophagia (vomit) Geomelophagia (raw potatoes) Geophagia (earth, soil, sand, clay, chalk) Hematophagia (vampirism) (blood) Hyalophagia...

African countries for pleasure, and by pregnant women as a cure for nausea. Geophagia is the practice of eating the earth, including soil and chalk. This practice...

was a decisive factor in the infamous Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. Geophagia is the practice of eating earth or soil-like substances, also known as...

additives Clay pit – Open-pit mining for the extraction of clay minerals Geophagia – Practice of eating earth or soil-like substrates Graham Cairns-Smith –...

matter: Coprophage: eating faeces Detritivore: eating decomposing material Geophagia: eating inorganic earth Osteophage: eating bones Saprophage: eating decaying...

moving minerals up the food chain. Larger organisms may also consume soil (geophagia) or use mineral resources such as salt licks to obtain minerals. Finally...

Myzocytosis Others Microbivory Bacterivore Fungivore Coprophagia Detritivore Geophagia Omnivore Planktivore Saprophagy Xenophagy Lithotroph Plastivore Pica Methods...

Myzocytosis Others Microbivory Bacterivore Fungivore Coprophagia Detritivore Geophagia Omnivore Planktivore Saprophagy Xenophagy Lithotroph Plastivore Pica Methods...