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The first pass through the gut produces soft pellets that are re-swallowed. The figure is taken from Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Rabbits eat some of their own droppings

The first pass through the gut produces soft pellets that are re-swallowed The habit, called coprophagy, extracts vitamins made by gut bacteria and recovers nutrients the first pass missed. Hard pellets are left behind. Rabbits also have teeth that grow continuously and must be worn down. It sits in Mondo's animals collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The first pass through the gut produces soft pellets that are re-swallowed. The figure is taken from Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a animals fact?: Yes. It sits on the Animals shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.