As the Washington Post reports, Hart and his team surveyed over 3,000 dog owners. Of these subjects, 16 percent ate other dogs’ feces “frequently” (their owners had witnessed a crappy chow down session at least six times), and of those pups, 80 percent preferred fresh feces less than two days old. Well, who doesn’t?
《华盛顿邮报》报道,哈特和其团队对3000多位养狗人士进行了调查,16%的狗“常常”会吃其他狗的便便(狗主人至少见过六次这样的场景),80%的狗更喜欢两天内的新鲜便便。谁不喜欢新鲜的食物呢?
Interestingly, the research suggested that the tendency towards coprophagia (the scientific term for poop-eating) was evident no matter a dog’s age, breed, diet, house-training status or compulsive behavior tendency. This finding has unleashed a new theory: Modern day dogs have inherited both their aversion to pooping where they live as well as their likelihood to eat fresh poop from their ancient wolf ancestors.
有趣的是,这项调查显示,年龄、品种、饮食习惯、训练水平、强制行为都不会干扰狗吃便便。这就带来了一个新的理论:如今的狗狗一边在遗传对便便的厌恶,一边又会像狼祖先一样吃新鲜的便便。
You see, wayyyy back in those wild days, wolves may’ve eaten the fresh feces of sick, lame or old members who accidentally let a load loose as a way to clean up inside and around their den. Since it takes about two days for parasites and other pathogens to develop, eating fresh poop is not usually dangerous, and in fact, eating poop that was festering in their living quarters was actually a helpful way to avoid intestinal parasites such as larvae and worms.
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