Coprophagia

Coprophagia ( ) or coprophagy ( ) is the consumption of feces. The word is derived from the Ancient Greekκόπροςkópros "feces" and φαγεῖνphageîn "to eat". Coprophagy refers to many kinds of feces-eating, including eating feces of other species (heterospecifics), of other individuals (allocoprophagy), or one's own (autocoprophagy). Feces may be already deposited or taken directly from the anus. Some animal species eat feces as a normal behavior, but in most species, coprophagia indicates a pathological condition.