Giraffes… chewing bones, why? ✔ Occasional osteophagia supplements minerals ✔ Not hunting: still herbivores ✔ Watch for bone-licking at dry pans A strange sight that’s perfectly logical for long-necked browsers 🦒🦴 Read the post for the science and field signs to spot it. #giraffe #osteophagia #mineraldeficit #Namibia #Botswana #wildlife #safari #AfricaFevers | AdventurousAfrica
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Giraffes eat bones to get phosphorous and calcium. This may be a rare sighting to many. By doing this, their huge bodies are supported and given a substantial skeleton to keep them upright. Bones are manipulated in and out of the mouth by the tongue while being sucked and chewed. This behaviour is called osteophagy. Osteophagia means “feeding on bones”. The bones are not swallowed but simply dropped when the individual has gained enough nutrients or tires of the activity. This behaviour has been
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