Why do rabbits have to eat their own fecal matter?

Question

I’m sitting here watching my rabbit consume his own poop like it’s the last meal he’ll ever get but all I can do is watch him with a disgusted face since I know it’s necessary or something.

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Answer 1

Camels and true ruminants like cattle and deer chew the cud. horses and rhinos ahve an enormous appendix. Rabbits do coprophagy. Ways to get a livable amount of nutrients from low-density plant matter like grass