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- Why do dogs eat grass? A look at your pup’s wild relatives may give you a sense of what dogs’ diets are really like.
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The dog knows why it eats grass, that's the important part, my dad always said that the dog needed his "medicine", so he ate some grass.
same
I have to use that from now on to cure my anxiety behind my dog Milo doing that. 😂😂 I pray I don't end up at the ER Vet everytime he does it 😭😭
Your dad was right! I dont fully agree with this guy.
Dogs eat grass because its indigestible and they want to push something through.
Why do people smoke grass?
Smoke 2 joints in the morning, smoke 2 joints at night. Smoke to joints in the afternoon. Makes me feel alright. Smoke 2 joints before I smoke to joints....i forget the rest because I smoked 2 joints.
Skytalon bars lol
Skytalon wat
Skytalon
damm... now I have to listen to that song just to get rid of the lyrics in my head.
I hope, that the music isn´t even stickier then the intro lyrics.
Anyway, good reply. You made my day. :-) Peace.
Skytalon i smoke two joints before i smoke two joints, and then i smoke two more. smooooooke two joints, thats what i do!
my dog just ate our artificial pastic grass
*plastic
+sean carroll lol i know right 😂
Fucking what
Nice avatar, what's your high score?
Anthony my dog actually ate grass
Question,
How does mental trauma impact physical display of emotion?
I ask because my grandfather died a few years ago and I cried... a lot. But since then I don't cry from sadness now. I am still sad, and I cry from laughter frequently, but I just don't shear tears of sadness.
I would love to see an episode on this.
keep up the great work guys!
I had a dog once that only ate a certain kind of grass, the kind that was predigested by a horse.
I know this was written a long, long time ago, but most dogs think Road Apples from a horse are a very special treat. I have never knew a dog that did not eat them.
I've always suspected "just cuz"... Thank you, Hank, for confirming it with a dose of science!
Don't know why but I just like this dude. Cool channel, I'm watching through all your videos. Glad you're still keeping it up
Thanks this was very helpful to me!!
My dog would OBSESSIVELY eat grass every day as if he was a damn cow. Especially if someone came home he'd get super excited and just start gulping huge mouthfuls. It worried us even though he'd never throw it up so we asked the vet about it. We knew he had a good diet because he was on a special one for his hip dysplasia. She ended up basically saying our dog just likes grass a lot (and is a glutton) xD.
Dogs aren't true omnivores though, so don't try and turn them into a vegan. Yes people do that.
Stupid.
***** Whatever, just don't try and feed your dogs and cats nothing but plant matter. If you feel bad about feeding your pet meat get a gerbil or hamster etc.
+SunzOffski That's ok. I'm perfectly fine with going out and killing stuff for my dogs to eat. They love the adventure of it all on top of it.
+SunzOffski I wouldn't have it any other way!
EpochRazael I don't agree with everything on this page but the last part about internal anatomy should be real eye opening for you.
Nice beard, keep it growing!
Omg! Thank you so much for this comment! I was told that grass eating was a sign that dogs were sick or had worms! I feel so much better with your answer!
"Oh boy, a new episode of scishow just as I finished prepairing my dinner. This gives me something to watch while I eat"
poop?
I prefer videos that are 20 - 30 minutes while eating
***** Same here. Relaxing to salad during SciShow is no fun when you have to search for something else to watch before you finish your food.
More importantly, why do kids eat dirt?
Probably they want to know what it tastes like.
orasion64 I used to eat dirt.
They are eating dirt (clay) for nutrients, to abosrb toxins in the body, etc
its actually good for them as it helps build up their immune system.
I like the theory that they're trying to expose their developing immune systems to as many things (parasites, bacteria) as possible.
Helpful! I have two three-month-old puppies who are tearing up the lawn. Good to know it won't hurt them.
This so good thankyou for this channel I love science
Oh man. My dog eats so much poop. I often witness this whilst taking him for a walk and begin dry heaving in public. Quite embarrassing on a couple levels.
That might be the way of your dog telling you there’s something wrong
Try getting him on some tripe
QQ: Why don't our bodies digest corn? AKA WHY DO I POOP CORN?!?!?
you're not pooping corn. You're just pooping that plastic-like skin on the outside
Chew properly; problem solved.
Corn is actually the seed of a grass. So like ***** said the skin is very high in celleulose so you must chew through it to digest the good part inside.
...or just make popcorn instead.
RBuckminsterFuller Chewed properly; problem not solved.
***** Get out sloth
I'm really liking the current biology streak sci-show is on right now.
We know exactly why dogs eat grass hank, you touched on it kind of when you where talking about fiber. The only difference is when we say animals are doing it, its called roughage. dogs do it, cats do it, cows eat grass but they can actually break it down for energy using probiotics in their gut. (Making an alteration to our own probiotics to allow us to digest such things is on my list of things to do.)
Interestingly enough, many scientists think that our ancestors as recently as the middle ages would eat roughage as part of their diet from many of the same sources we still see animals use. In our modern diets, this role is mainly played by grains. Grains are easier on our stomach and more nutritious, they're kind of like the human co-evolutionary version of grass.
One of my cats is crazy about cucumbers. There have been occasions when he has been eating from the salad bowl. Another cat eats crackers. So these individual cats are quite omnivorous :)
"Dogs like us" 1:16 XD
🤣🤣🤣
I caught that too
"Dogs, like us--"
Oh, fiber. That explains it. I noticed that when my dog's stomach is rumbling he tends to go take me out of our daily walking path to get to a spot that has a lot of tallish grass and starts eating as much of it as he can. I never knew whether I should let him or not.
Besides the few reasons you listed there's another one. Like Gorillas who strip a certain kind of leaf and swallow it whole to act as an internal parasite remover. Most dogs that eat mass amounts of grass should be tested for pinworms, hook worms, and tapeworms as well as coccidiosis, and other enteric organisms. Dogs seem to use some of it anyway, as an internal scourung pad. Other times, tbey're looking for trace minerals. Regular dog klbble contains the macro nutrients but not many of the micro nutrients. (unless you pay $60 for a 15 lb bag of specialty food) of course, this and the quality of dog food moist or dry is what made me decide I needed to change my dog's diet. We vary between raw chicken and raw pork (and yes, I realize many will jump on md for those 2 meats) They get 2 raw eggs a week mixed with cooked rice, olive oil and a small amount of cooked oatmeal or barley. Their everyday feed is chicken and turkey necks, gizzards, heart and livers. They get red meat once a week and then I buy tallow (trimmed beef fat) to augment the lean proteins a bit. I've been raising, breeding and training dog for 12 years. After the diet change, my dogs never had another alleric reaction to anything. Their fur was perfect and my 86 lb German Shepherd/Malamute mix breed died shortly after her 18th birthday.
FALSE: my granny told me that, when a dog eat grass it means that it's gonna rain tomorrow.
I agree! Clearly, Hank is just making liberal propaganda! God will strike the sinners who believe him down.
Ret Samys you guys are just being sarcastic right?
omniXenderman Hmm... I was going with a witty reply in order not to destroy this, but since your reply already got +1, I assure you, I am being sarcastic. Pretty sure that the same goes for Acedia DeKay.
omniXenderman Its so hard to tell these days on TH-cam lol
LOL that comment
SciShow That does beg the question, "Why do cats eat grass?" Is that actually related to vomiting?
I know my vet suggested cat grass as a hairball remedy. I didn't ask any questions. (I should have!)
My Ex Mother-in-Law had a cat, who ever time he went outside he's graze like a Holstein! *L* He never threw it up either.
Am I the only one who sees Jason's comment as being posted 5 days ago?
***** The thing is, cats DO eat grass. I've seen it before. So what's the difference between cats and dogs eating grass?
Dinoman9877 it's wheat or oats, should say in the package. Over priced in the animal shops, but perfectly healthy and actually recommended for your cats digestion and preventing hairballs from clogging it.
I have a 1930s akc book that says it's to clean their insides and if this type of natural cleanser is withheld they can get sick. It's the only reason I've ever seen. Right or wrong idk. This book also talks about what to feed dogs, because it was before kibble was popular. Meat was known to be very important even at that time.
Why do certain genetic diseases effect people differently? For example myself, my aunt (mothers side) and cousin (father's side) all have Chron's Disease. My cousin is on a very high doses of medication just to get by, my aunt had surgery and is on a relatively moderate medication, and I having the condition coming in from both sides can maintain myself through diet alone. I am very curious into this.
My cat eats grass. He also eats pop tarts and Doritos.
And corn
my cat likes to sneak my doritos. shame on her😫😝
I had a cat that wouldn't leave me alone if i had doritos. He only liked the original flavor though
+hitfan01 same 😁
i dont think that is healthy for a cat
Why do some dogs lick the bath tub? I have two, one is always right there after every shower, to hop in and lick the tub and faucet, even though they have fresh clean water in the kitchen ready available to them.
+Kimberly R every cat and dog I've ever had has done that too :)
My dog go into the dog biscuits and ate far too many. When I let her outside she ran straight for the longest grass she could find and started eating that almost in what seemed to me was desperation for pain relief. It could have been an attempt to get moisture from the dewy grass but I believe it was self medicating against trapped wind or another gut issue.
Hank = best presenter
QQ: How can a giant group of people clapping to the beat of some music be so synchronized?
Same way a small group of people can be synchronized.
Mohow Depends on how big the group is, if its large you need to start thinking about the speed of sound
It isn't, the clapping will travel in a wave from the point of initiation at the speed of light as people hear the claps from clappers closer in. You could use light to better synchronize. Granted, even with lights they won't truly be synchronized as light has a finite speed, but any basic course in relativity will teach you that there is no such thing as absolute simultaneity.
At concerts I've seen so many people clap at the wrong time D: It's awful!
superlemus2
"travel in a wave from the point of initiation at the speed of light as people hear the claps"?
Hear? Speed of Light? To hear something it needs to be a soundwave, and sound do not travel at the speed of light. So the Wave would definetly not travel at the speed of light, only at the speed of sound at most, but by all likelyhood slower then that since we have to factor in individual reactiontime and aucustic layout of the surroundings.
My cats will eat grass too, and even drink juice from canned greens like asparagus and green beans, doesn't that make cats omnivorous also?
+Randy Johnson (MetaSceptile) Just because they CAN eat it doesn't mean they should. Dogs are omnivorous because they can absorb nutrients from it, cats can't.
No!! Cats eat small amounts of plants but they are obligate carnivores (Pierson 2008). Also called hypercarnivores, these animals require at least 70% of their diet to be meat. Lower levels of consumption result in sickness, including organ malfunctions and failures, blindness, and eventually a wasting death. Dogs and cats are different animals with different gastrointestinal abilities and nutritional demands
My dog loves to eat dandelions or daisies, she also loves these tall golden flaky looking flowers that I don’t know the name of. The flaky tall yellow flowers are her favorite.
So here is a question for you. Say you freeze a bottle of water, let it condensate, and refreeze multiple times. Would you eventually have less water in the bottle, have the exact same after numerous attempts, or potentially have a finite supply of water from collecting the condensation before it evaporates?
A better question would have been - what's the dog version of catnip? :)
GoRepairs it acts the same way, like a sedative. So if your dog is anxious about going to the vet, crush some catnip leaves and put it in their water bowl. They’ll calm right down!
Dognip
"unlike cats who are purely carnivores" ??
Cats nibble on grass all the time - at least the cats I know - so you might like to check your facts.
animal have been observe for eating grass or plants when they are having some health problem and carnivore do eat grass and plant when they have too.. i mean just like panda, they arent omnivore or herbivorous and yet they eat mainly bambo because its the only food source they mange to find.
***** i'm talking about cats with no real health problems - they habitually munch on grass. and at this point in the game pandas' main meal is bamboo so they have become herbivores, haven't they
nope, not really panda are consider as carnivores.. they only adapted to eat bambo because they lose their ability to hunt. when present a chance for meat, they will choose meat over bambo.
also even if you consider as healthy, the cat might not think so, after all you take aspirin when you are coming down with a fever. animal might do the same, they dont have to be really really sick to eat grass,.
***** not sure where you get your info from, but a quick research yielded this >>>Actually they are classified as omnivores because, although they have adapted to eat bamboo they will eat small animals if they can catch them but they're usually dead though.
The Giant Panda has a diet which is 99% bamboo. The Giant Panda may eat other foods such as honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, and bananas when available.
***** pandas BELONG to the order CARNIVORA - but that doesn't mean that they are necessarily considered " carnivores"
My cat loves eating grass. It appears she mainly does it as a way to clean her teeth like a toothbrush. The majority is left unswallowed, but chewed. She does not do it to induce vomiting (in fact not eating grass seems to make her vomit more often), and her faeces seem unaffected. I suspect it is more like an enjoyable habit for her... very enjoyable, sometimes she wont come inside unless I brink in a chunk of grass for her to munch. She prefers the types of grass with more silicon in the leaf structure (further enhancing the toothbrush theory), which has put my indoor bamboo at a severe disadvantage.
My dog on the other hand obviously does it as a source of fiber. She will eat more grass when her poos are runny, and less grass when her poos are solid. The grass in her faeces usually seems relatively undigested.
My dog not only eats grass but he steals tomatoes out of the garden right off the vine. I don't mind much because he recycles. I often find tomato plants growing the next season in places across the yard where I have not planted them.
my dog loves cabbage. She likes it so much she steals cabbage from our plates. It's weird cause she never stole our meat or sausage even when they are next to the cabbage
+bqgin My Rottweiler loves it. I think she must be one of those Irish Rotties???
I seen my 10 yr old black lab howl for the first the other day. I took her to a friends house that had huskies and when they where howling to the firetruck sirens, my dog began to howl. It was strange cuz i never seen her do that and i thought only a certain breed of dogs can howl.
The same thing happened to me. I have a pekingese and she howled one day. I didn't even know she could so that.
My family has two dogs (Both Shelties) and one of them howls when a train goes by, but never at any other time.
Timmy T-Rex lol i know right. Gramps needs a nap
Used to have a neighbour whose terrier never howled except when it heard the ice-cream van nearby playing 'Greensleeves', so he must've really wanted a choc-top!
&B^{D>
I didn't know they did. I should watch em more.
I have a 14 yr old pug who is in great health except for her eyes and hearing. Commercial dog foods kept making her sick, lethargic, diarrhea etc. so I started making her food at home 6 years ago. It's easy and cheaper than most of the canned crap. Here's my recipe:1.5" of ground turkey from the tube, 1Tblsp of mixed veggies baby food, 1 doggie multi-vitamin, crushed, 1 doggie aspirin-for her aches and pains- (30mg) crushed, a dash of salt, and 2/3 cup of quick cooking oats. Mix everything together and form into a patty or mini-loaf( I put it in a small Correl cooking dish) and microwave on high for about 2:15. Mash it up and serve it in the dog's dish topped with chicken broth or beef broth. Watch it quickly disappear! Keep in mind that this is for a pug/small dog so if yours is medium or large you'll have to use more ingredients. You can also make a week's worth of food at once and freeze it til chow time then just nuke it and it's ready to go. Total cost for everything for a week is about 3.50 or so. You can also add regular chopped veggies instead of baby food if your dog will eat them- mine very deliberately spits them out if she finds any.
IMPORTANT!!! Remember, your dog needs exercise every day! So do you! So take Fido on a daily 1 hr. stroll and give him plenty of time to smell various places and do his business. And NO TREATS FROM THE TABLE because they always lead to FAT PUGS!! And obesity lowers their life-span by years. Beggars should be put into the bathroom at meal-time for their own good, and don't feel guilty about it. Happy dog-days!
Eek, that seems like a lot of much aspirin (too often). You ask your vet about that? I would closely watch for bleeds in stool or vomit/secretions.
I've seen my cat eating grass too.
There is a specie of mint named Cat Mint because Cats really loves eating it.
crap .... now I want to learn about those poop-eating dogs ...
Today, while walking my dog, I thought about googling this question. I later forgot and came to youtube and saw this on my recommendations to watch.
Here's a quick question, on a hot summer day, when you leave your windows cracked when you leave your car in a driveway or parking lot, is it actually keeping your car cooler, or is it just a sick game we play with ourselves like leaving the ceiling fans on in your house on while you're gone so that we think it's colder when we get home, when we were actually just moving air around?
you still haven't done the why does my dog eat poop one :'(
1:47 Heh, that was my first thought when I saw the title: You're worried about dogs eating grass when so many of them are *poopivores?*
Do wolves and foxes and such hibernate? I've heard that bears eat grass and odd things to keep them plugged up during hibernation. If that's correct then couldn't eating grass be tied to hibernation?
My dog eats grass a lot when we're sitting outside with her. We try to stop her because she has a weak stomach and usually vomits if there's a lot. Glad to know that she's not just weird and might have a reason for eating it.
My cat fucking eats EVERYTHING. You know those beanies with the two string thingies? She fucking eats that. She eats paper, my food, and all the posters on my walls. She fucking destroys everything. She always grabs at the clothes from the hanger and pulls them down. My curtains, too. She's broken the metal that holds them like 4 times. She broke my freaking laptop, too. She's a crazy bitch, but she's so freaking cute and sweet and I love her. ;--; She just destroys everything.
:D
:D
Sounds like my cat. Though he doesn't eat everything, he just chews on everything.
I know how that is. But I don't have a cat.
But...Cats eat grass too.
I thought it was to clean out their stomach, same for dogs.
Well, as far as I know, it's different for cats: They do regurgitate from grass. So, yeah, basically, you are right, just (probably) not as far as dogs are concerned.
Ret Samys Well so far i know when we had a dog, the one in my avatar, Only eat grass when it didnt feel great, When you could see it was a little sick it went and ate grass, Most likely she did vomit afterwards, So i guessed it was something due induce vomiting or cleaning her stomach aswell as she never did it otherwise, she barely eats something she doesnt like anyhow :P
broerbreaker9240Z You know, I have no idea. But apparently, it's not universal for dogs do vomit after eating grass, while eating grass seems to be a lot more universal.
Cats, on the other hand, are known to use grass to induce some stomach reversal.
They're technically carnivores because they can't survive without meat. I don't know why they eat grass though.
My dog loves it in autumn/fall!
We have redcurrants growing on our balcony, because I love berries, and I was curious to see if our dog would like them. He sniffed at one, then ignored. Then I showed him the stalk which he promptly ate. He's weird.
Our other dog loves cat poop. Ugh.
My cat loves to eat Green Leafy Vegetable specialy Lemon Grass!! Is this bad???
get away cat freak this is about dogs
+Gil Eric Jumalon
It's thoroughly unhealthy for your animal and might be shortening it's life-span.
+Mister Bones This is false. According to several pet sites I found doing a simple google search, lemongrass is perfectly fine for cats.
Psera
Not shit like broccoli or lettuce.
How is blood created?
bone marrow produces red blood cells
omniXenderman blood isn't just red blood cells though...
Alejandro Massiah the plasma is a mixture of electrilytes white blood cells nutrients and water, white cells are also produced in bone marro and the other minerals are from the food we eat and drinks we drink
omniXenderman I wasn't the one who asked the question, but that was the answer you should have led off with. Cheers.
In a process call "Hematopoeisis". Google it.
i have a puppy 9 weeks old every time i take him out to the garden to potty he eats the grass is this dangerous yes or no?
QUESTION! What is up with cats and boxes? Even big cats like lions will hop inside any box large enough to hold them... even if only barely.
Is it possible that domestic cats have 'evolved' to eat a wider variety of foods, aside from meat, simply because they live in homes where these foods are available and are often left on plates just waiting to be nommed when their humans are looking elsewhere? Cats are opportunists and will pretty much, in my experience, try anything if it is lying around unattended. My cat will eat chilli, broccoli, vegetable curry, macaroni cheese, marshmallows and marmite to name but a few things he has snaffled. He seems none the worse for these gourmet morsels by the way. He will also eat grass which is usually closely followed by a quick barf and on to the next...
No, it's not. You're operating under the assumption that animals ALWAYS eat what's nutritious for them. You eat junk food right? Veg, cheese, sugar, this is junk food to a cat. Commercial cat food always has grain and veggies, especially the cheaper stuff so cats get addicted to sugar. Then they want more, so they steal their humans' food. They're not rational like humans, they're just animals they do what feels good.
No assumption involved as I know full well that my cats don't only eat what is good for them. As I said, they are opportunist and will eat anything they can get their teeth into, and the fact they can get to these foods seems to be because they live in our homes where this food is available. And no, I don't eat junk food as it tends to make me ill; I learned that lesson, unlike my cats who continue to eat everything :)
Okay but if you had no voice of reason, you would be eating all the junk foods with abandon.
In a way I guess you can say they are opportunistic, but only in the way an addict is. They aren't true opportunists though, if they were they wouldn't puke up that stuff they would be able to digest it. Without big name cat food none of this would happen. They are addicted, and addicts just dgaf they'll steal what they want. Read the label on your cat's food, you'll understand why your cats love to eat that stuff so much.
Only one of my cats eats tinned cat food, the others refuse it regularly, so I guess they have some taste :) I have discovered they are more likely to throw up commercial cat food than the stuff they steal from the bin, off plates or from their trips around the garden.
That's good, but I hope you are feeding them plenty of meat, organs, etc. That's the best thing for them to eat. And I was kind of referring to the kibble, that stuff is like crack to cats.
Since you brought up the question yourself *****, you really must do the accompanying video on why dogs eat poop :)
I think it is more to the fact that most the time there is moisture/water on the grass and the dog likes the flavor of the water that is on the grass. Its like tasting tap water compared to real fresh spring water.
Question: Why does my eyes water(really sensitive to air) when going down to the supermarket and walking around people? stress? anxiety? fear? (i used to have agoraphobia for 4 years and trauma/social phobia for over 15 years now)
And still my cat loves to eat grass? Or gnaw on another unsuspecting plant that might be in reach.
Well, as far as I know, it's different for cats: They do regurgitate from grass.
Not every time, but in most cases it seems.
Pet Smart sells "cat grass". Not sure how healthy it is though, and never bought it myself.
It's basically wheat, or simular. At least that my local pet shop sells me :)
Cats are built for meat, but they can still eat other things. It's just that their digestive systems aren't efficient at digesting plants. It will eat plants, but you need meat in it's diet. So it's considered a carnivore.
Harmless ?? Try fishing out a piece from their behind when a long piece gets stuck 1/2 in 1/2 out complete with poop on it.Yuck !!
lol a cat I once had ate some of that plastic string stuff you see on the bike handles of little girl's bikes. He had a string of it sticking out his butt with a turd stuck to it. I had to pull it out of him.....
Fooly's Mind My problem w/ my dog, she like to poop in a spot where others can see us..meaning that if I have to "do a pull", other's will see it; I try to hide though...
Trust me panty hose is far worse!!!
I know your pain, our youngest dog once ate a dirty sock. Came through nearly intact, too.
Yup we had a dog that ate balloons. Hilarious but dreadful!
nice 1 hank
If the original function of the appendix was apparently to disgust grass and other cellulose-rich food, would it be possible to re-activate the appendix if our diet changed back to how it was in our evolutionary past?
Over a long time, of course.
My dog will simply take a shit a couple of minutes after
So why do dogs eat shit?
From what I have learned, there are only two reasons: they are either sick or bored. Some dogs with malabsorption problems eat their feces to gain nutrition that may have been missed the first time around.Some dogs with ravenous apettites will get their feces for similar reasons.Boredom will lead dogs to eat their feces as well as lack of exercise.It can also be the result of bad house-breaking. Some dogs will eat their feces to avoid scolding. Either way, feces consumption should be discouraged because it can be dangerous to people. It can become a bad habit for dogs.
The only other instance of feces-consumption is dogs will stimulate the rectal and urethral areas of their puppies to get them to defecate and consume that to keep the nesting area clean. I hope that helps.
because they're disgusting mutherfuckers
cats ftw
stiimuli I don't want to sound gross but, wouldn't shit taste good because its waste and waste material we eat from foods we make always taste the best.
***** Sorry for the late reply. Once a dog has made a habit of eating poop it is hard to stop them. There was probably an original reason your dog ate feces but now she does it just because she has always done it. The only way you could stop her now would be to clean up every time she poops or you punished her every time you saw her do that. You should talk to your vet about her habits.
stiimuli Cat's are just as filthy, as well as diseased, lazy, and generally all round shitty pets that couldn't care less about you.
Cat's aren't really pets so much as they're decoration that can poop and disappears at random only returning to eat all your food and leave various dead things around the house to be found at extremely inopportune moments of mental vulnerability, like uncovering a bird corpse in the towel rack after a shower with a new girlfriend.
Fucking cat, I'll kill it when I find it....
I knew this was Hank Green right away because I'm not good at US history and I watch a lot of Crash Course and they both have the same mannerisms and sound super similar. But, hey, I learned something new today when I should have been doing my US homework- so that is always good. By the way, Why does skin get all white when you get a small burn like when unscrewing a hot light bulb?
my puppy always eats grass, loves it, and its adorable to watch
Well here's a fact my dog eats it own shit XD
That must be fun to watch xD
My dog used to do that
Here a fact my rabbit ate meat and threw up if it ate anything that is veggie
Do a video on the pink lakes in Australia
My friend and I were JUST debating about why dogs eat grass and whether it was good for them or not only five minutes ago, no joke. Then I come on youtube and I see this. STOP READING MY MIND, SciShow! XD
Yeah I saw this like 2 weeks ago with Subbable
My dog sometimes eats grass right before she drops a deuce. She only eats at certain grasses. They are usually longer. She's a beagle and smells the grass before eating it. She also loves lettuce and a few other vegetables. She hates pieces of banana but loves dried banana chips.
No Name, you are absolutely right, Cats do eat grass, in fact the Vet advice me to buy some grass they sell for this specific purpose. My cat lives in the apartment and has no chance to go outside. Amazing how little people who did not have a cat know about them.
At 0:15, Hank misuses the term "to beg the question." Many people mistakenly think that "to beg the question" means something like "to compel one to ask the question" "to make one wonder." In fact, the term means that you assume the answer to the question as part of your proof of the answer to the question, essentially engaging in circular reasoning.
For example, if one argued "all dogs have four legs because all dogs are quadrupeds" or "honey is good for you because honey is a healthy treat" one would be begging the question.
Just saying...
Yay dog episode !
Totally unrelated but I was working at the house my dad rents out and the tenants had two dogs in the back yard and I watched one dog eat the others poop as it was coming out of its back side. I gagged and giggled at the same time.
my first cat ate grass exclusively to vomit, i remember watching him eat it in quite a hurried manor, and then heave and sometimes throw up no more than a minute after. Well ill be honest i don't know if my cat did it because he felt like hurling or if it was just a side-effect that he put up with, but either way he could not stomach it. I didn't realize at the time but after getting a new cat our old one did vomit an abnormal amount (about twice a month on average). anyway my point is eating grass definately induced vomiting in my cat and id like to assume he was doing it on purpose.
Hi Mr. Scishow, is it true that you can get a high from drinking grass?
My family's cats used to eat grass when we let them outside (before we moved, that is).
The oldest cat we currently have (she's about 16-17 yrs now) ate it regularly.
So I'm assuming the logic for cats is the same as for dogs? Probably.
Do you think you could do a video on why dogs eat poop and other things like that which could contain parasites and such? Also, my dogs have always only ever eaten grass when something else was going on, like if they were having diarrhea, or vomiting repeatedly. I'd take them outside and hang out with them so they can get over it without ruining the carpet, and they would just start eating grass. Never seen a dog eat grass who didn't recently vomit or throw up beforehand. So I always figured it was something about their digestion process of it, that putting something on their stomach stabilizes it or something. O:
THE BROWN SHIRT IS BACK!!!!
My dog is a japanese akita; Which is more akin to the wolf than most other breeds and she chews on grass whenever she can.This as You guy's have said is Ok but aside from weedkiller etc just being sprayed on the lawn without my awares; I do worry about her swallowing a snail which can give her the fatal condition of lungworm!
ugh. It doesn't beg the question, it raises the question.
please do the poop eater episode! or is it already there?
I read years ago that both cats and dogs eat grass both to regulate their tummies and also to induce vomiting (in high quantities). In other words: a little grass settles an upset stomach, a lot of grass inducing vomiting to get rid of an incredible upset stomach. Both are, basically, omnivores, although they do mostly eat meat naturally.. they do eat leafy stuff.. more often than one would think!
what does it mean when your dog is licking up piss and chewing on it?
cause my dog has been doing that but tho I have been trying my best to stop him since I have read that it could cause kidney problems if a dog ingests urine .
I would really like to hear your explanation of why dogs roll in poop. I've read several theories but don't feel I've found a good explanation. Thanks... David
What's pottasium?
Is it the same a kalium?
What is keloid and what's costing it to grow?
It was koo, right to the point and a lil info onda side, thanks, I'm walking "Fido" and he was eating a certain section of of grass onda block.. this time a lil more than usual... If u read this entire comment. Ummmm, mmmmmmmm, I guess that's all folks
COOL !
My dog does eat grass but so do my cats, they love it! I even keep a flower pot full of fresh growing grass on a shelf near a window and let it grow year round and Harry keeps it manicured for me by munching away.. Why?
My cat eats grass. Well, mainly sucks it when it's wet. is it just that it tastes nice or is that her just being really dehydrated?
Thanks
Lol I'm watching scishow and I saw a scishow add before the video started