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Grazing and digging put some herbivores at greater risk from toxic elements in soil: New research
- February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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If you've watched a giraffe browsing in the tree canopy, a white rhino meandering across open grassland, or a warthog shuffling around on its knees in South Africa's Kalahari desert, you know what they eat: leaves, grass, shoots, and roots. With every mouthful, they swallow something less obvious—soil.
Originally published at Phys.org