Giraffe sucking and chewing on bone is called Osteophagia

Giraffe sucking and chewing on bone is called Osteophagia. By sucking and chewing on bones, giraffe can extract small quantities of minerals from the surface of bones. This phenomenon is called osteophagia and simply means ”feeding on bone”. The bones are never swallowed but simply dropped when the animals' craving for nutrients has subsided.

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