Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref> Many wild animals, including herbivores (despite the placenta being a form of [[meat]]), will eat their placenta in order to avoid being detected by [[predator]]s soon after the energy-taxing task of giving birth. The practice of eating the placenta is called [[placentophagy]], and it is practiced in some human cultures—notably the [[Chinese]]. | Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref> Many wild animals, including herbivores (despite the placenta being a form of [[meat]]), will eat their placenta in order to avoid being detected by [[predator]]s soon after the energy-taxing task of giving birth. The practice of eating the placenta is called [[placentophagy]], and it is practiced in some human cultures—notably the [[Chinese]]. |