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Urophagia is the consumption of .

Urine was consumed in several ancient cultures for various health, healing, and purposes. People have been known to drink urine in extreme cases of , however numerous sources, including the US Army Field Manual, advise against it.

Urine may also be consumed as a . Some male animals taste female 's urine for example giraffe when a male giraffe want to check a female he will nudge her this make female urinate and male will taste urine to understand wether the female is fertile or not Horses also taste female's urine some other mammals also taste female's urine


Human health warnings
The World Health Organization has found that the pathogens contained in urine rarely pose a health risk. However, it does caution that in areas where Schistosoma haematobium, a parasitic flatworm, is prevalent, it can be transmitted from person to person.


Humans

As food

Emergency survival techniques
Survival guides such as the US Army Field Manual, the SAS Survival Handbook, and others generally advise against drinking urine for survival. These guides state that drinking urine tends to worsen rather than relieve dehydration due to the salts in it, and that urine should not be consumed in a survival situation, even when no other fluid is available.

drank urine when trapped for several days with his arm under a boulder. Survivalist television host drank urine and encouraged others to do so on several episodes on his TV shows. Thistlethwaite, Felicity (February 26, 2015). " Stars vomit profusely after drinking their own urine on Bear Grylls: Mission Survive". . Https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/560690/Bear-Grylls-Mission-Survive-celebrities-vomiting" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.

Loughrey, Clarisse (December 18, 2015). " Obama refused to drink his own urine on Bear Grylls, 'It's not something I'd make a habit of'". . Https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/obama-refused-to-drink-his-own-urine-on-bear-grylls-a6777991.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Archived from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.

Singh, Anita (May 31, 2014). " Bear Grylls: Kids, please don't drink your own urine". The Telegraph. Https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/10867228/Bear-Grylls-Kids-please-dont-drink-your-own-urine.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Archived from the original on March 26, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2022.


Medicine
Historically, doctors would taste patients' urine to detect .


Sexual activity

Folk medicine
In various cultures, alternative medicine can advocate the consumption of urine from various animals such as humans, , or for medicinal or cosmetic purposes, but no evidence supports their use. Why You Definitely Shouldn't Drink Your Own Pee, Gizmodo, 22 Oct 2014


Forced
People may be forced to drink urine as a form of torture or humiliation, as in the case of a boy in Jaunpur, India, who in 2023 was accused by local youths of sexually harassing a girl.


Animals

Livestock

Giraffes
Male giraffes taste the urine of females in order to detect fertility.


Dogs
Some dogs sniff their urine then taste it.


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