Re: virus: 'coprophagous'

JPS (schneids@centuryinter.net)
Sun, 03 Nov 1996 20:46:53 -0600


Hakeeb asks,
> BTW, I humbly request that you to explain the meaning of "coporophagic"

I think there's a spelling error; the Great One saith:

"... Mole rats are homocoprophagous, which is a polite
way of saying that they eat one anothers faeces ..."
(p. 314, "The Selfish Gene")

:-)
JPSchneider