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单词 Zoopharmacognosy
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Zoopharmacognosy

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Zoopharmacognosy

A cat eating grass - an example of zoopharmacognosy
A variety of simian species have been observed to medicate themselves when ill using materials such as plants.
A conceptual representation of how pre- and post-ingestive events control the manifestation of self-medicative behavior in mammalian herbivores.[11]
Parrots eating earth

Zoopharmacognosy is a behaviour in which non-human animals apparently self-medicate by selecting and ingesting or topically applying plants, soils, insects, and psychoactive drugs to prevent or reduce the harmful effects of pathogens and toxins. The term derives from Greek roots zoo ("animal"), pharma ("drug"), and gnosy ("knowing").

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