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Colleen Cutcliffe

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
703 total appearances

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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

She went to Westminster, which is a private school in Atlanta.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

It is a very fancy school.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

And I was impressed by that.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

Animals that eat poop.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

It says many animals eat poop.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

A behavior called copravagy.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

To gain essential gut bacteria for digestion, like baby koalas, elephants, pandas, re-ingest lost nutrients, rabbits, rodents, get vitamins, guinea pigs, or due to instinct hunger, dogs, dung beetles, making it a common survival strategy for various species, from insects to mammals.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

Good question.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

I don't know.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

Birds do it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

Salamanders do it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

Hamsters, lemurs, monkeys, chimpanzees, wolves.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

I didn't see any.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Colleen Cutcliffe (on the microbiome)

I'm going to ask if tigers do.