NDLI: Analysis of geophagy soils in Kibale Forest, Uganda

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Author	Mahaney, William C. Milner, Michael W. Sanmugadas, Kandiah Hancock, R. G. V. Aufreiter, Susan Wrangham, Richard Pier, Harold W.
Copyright Year	1997
Abstract	Four soil samples from the Kibale Forest, Uganda, representative of material regularly ingested by chimpanzees, were studied for their mineral, chemical, and geochemical composition. These geophagy soils have a high content of metahalloysite, a partially hydrated clay mineral that may act much like the pharmaceutical Kaopectate™. Among the elements that may act as a stimulus or stimuli for geophagy behavior, only iron is very high (total iron ranges from 6% to 17%); other possibilities such as calcium, chromium, cobalt, bromine, and iodine are either relatively low or are below their detection limits. Chlorine is below detection limits which eliminates sodium chloride as a possible stimulus. Depending on relative availability in the gut, iron offers the most likely chemical stimulus for geophagy and given the mineral composition of the samples, metahalloysite is the most likely mineral stimulus. Iron may play a role in replenishing hemoglobin which would be important in chimpanzee physiology at high elevations near the flanks of the Ruwenzori Mountains. Metahalloysite, which in this case exists in a relatively pure crystalline form, may well act to quell symptoms of diarrhea and act similarly to Kaopectate™. Organic chemical analyses indicate only traces of organic matter and no humic acids in the K14-E14 sample.
Starting Page	159
Ending Page	176
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00328332
Journal	Primates
Volume Number	38
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	16107365
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	1997-01-01
Publisher Place	Tokyo
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Geophagy Zoo pharmacognosy Chemical and mineral ecology Chimpanzees Behavioural Sciences Animal Ecology Evolutionary Biology Zoology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Animal Science and Zoology

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