SinnexCryllic t1_iuc0zz1 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:23 AM Reply to comment by Ok-Iron7300 in Another primate (out of 12 species) observed to nose-picking, booger-eating for the first time: the finger of the aye-aye can reach through its nose to the back of its throat, with the animals seen licking off the gathered mucus, this could play an important role in the immune syste by giuliomagnifico I'm guessing it has something to do with the difference of runny snot vs hardened mucus that's more to the front of the nasal cavity? Permalink Parent 3
SinnexCryllic t1_iuc0zz1 wrote
Reply to comment by Ok-Iron7300 in Another primate (out of 12 species) observed to nose-picking, booger-eating for the first time: the finger of the aye-aye can reach through its nose to the back of its throat, with the animals seen licking off the gathered mucus, this could play an important role in the immune syste by giuliomagnifico
I'm guessing it has something to do with the difference of runny snot vs hardened mucus that's more to the front of the nasal cavity?