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    Zoopharmacognosy is a behaviour in which non-human animals self-medicate by selecting and ingesting or topically applying plants, soils and insects with...
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    omnivores, but from the physiological standpoint, this may be due to zoopharmacognosy. Physiologically, animals must be able to obtain both energy and nutrients...
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  • behavior in the wild are often controversial. This is distinct from zoopharmacognosy, in which animals ingest or topically apply non-food substances for...
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    either plant or animal material which they otherwise would not (i.e. zoopharmacognosy). Though Carnivora is a taxon for species classification, no such equivalent...
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    Vernonia amygdalina, a member of the daisy family, is a small to medium-sized shrub that grows in tropical Africa. V. amygdalina typically grows to a height...
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    identification of new drug candidates derived from plant sources); zoopharmacognosy: the process by which animals self-medicate, by selecting and using...
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    of plants by wild chimpanzees helped form the basis of the field of zoopharmacognosy. Nishida was a full professor of Zoology at Kyoto University, the President...
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    placenta Trophallaxis: eating food regurgitated by another animal Zoopharmacognosy: self-medication by eating plants, soils, and insects to treat and...
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    the ice, on the second day his head, and the third his body. Saltern Zoopharmacognosy Bravo, Adriana; Harms, Kyle E.; Stevens, Richard D.; Emmons, Louise...
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    omnivores, but from the physiological standpoint, this may be due to zoopharmacognosy. Physiologically, animals must be able to obtain both energy and nutrients...
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