Geophagy means eating what?

Gross! I'm going to stick to food.

I spent many years working with horses. They also do the same thing by licking soil. I have always believed it was because they lacked nutrients in their diet. We always provided a salt lick in their stable over the winter time.

I think teen slang of the early 70s included "Eat dirt!" EAT DIRT slime bag!

i love the earth 🌍

Yet another straight lift from Wikipedia. 😐

I took a wild guess based similar word geology

Snance, Yes!! we should like who would ever do that! like!

Ewww!! that is so disgusting!! uhhh hippies!!! that is disgusting!! like I love nature but not like that much like gosh!! bro!! chill!

Geophagus is a genus of freshwater fish of the cichlid family. They don't actually eat earth, but they take mouthfuls of gravel and spit it out, in order to produce a "nest" to lay their eggs in. After laying the eggs both the male and female guard the nest from predation. They also guard their babies. I've bred various cichlids and they're absolutely fascinating.