# Is coprophagia dangerous? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [June 10, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coprophagia-dangerous/307737 "2005-06-10T14:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coprophagia-dangerous/307737/61 "2005-06-17T20:25:19Z")
Ew. I blame John Waters. And Comedy Central. ---
**Author:** ![Fortytwois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@Fortytwois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fortytwois)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coprophagia-dangerous/307737/62 "2005-06-28T06:12:10Z")
Before my guest membership expires…I think perhaps Mistress’s brother took the following column in the Onion a LITTLE TOO seriously! ---
**Author:** ![Fortytwois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@Fortytwois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fortytwois)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coprophagia-dangerous/307737/63 "2005-06-28T06:13:26Z")
DOH! http://sembach\_hash.tripod.com/randomrantings.htm ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coprophagia-dangerous/307737/64 "2005-06-28T10:32:19Z")
> [@Fortytwois](#): > > DOH! http://sembach\_hash.tripod.com/randomrantings.htm move one folks, no coprophagia there, nothing to get excited about… ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coprophagia-dangerous/307737/65 "2005-06-28T16:04:30Z")
> [@Fortytwois](#): > > DOH! http://sembach\_hash.tripod.com/randomrantings.htm It’s been done: [http://www.cleansheets.com/poetry/slimvolume\_10.17.01.shtml](http://www.cleansheets.com/poetry/slimvolume_10.17.01.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coprophagia-dangerous/307737/66 "2005-07-10T23:07:22Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > Normally I would think this was apocryphal, like Ozzy and the bat, but in this case i’m going to guess…G.G. Allin? Quite likely. Not apocryphal – Ozzy did indeed bite the head from a bat on stage. Two doves also fell to the same fate a few years before that infamous happening. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coprophagia-dangerous/307737/67 "2005-07-10T23:21:44Z")
> [@chatelaine](#): > > Not apocryphal – Ozzy did indeed bite the head from a bat on stage. Two doves also fell to the same fate a few years before that infamous happening. I’d love a cite for the doves. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coprophagia-dangerous/307737/68 "2005-07-10T23:31:31Z")
[Sure thing.](http://www.ozzyhead.com/pictures1980to1982.htm) [warning: pictures of the event, could be disturbing.] Also, he and his wife Sharon have discussed both the bat and doves on numerous occasions, most recently in their autobiography Ordinary People: Our Story. Tommy Mattola [former CEO of Epic/Sony] was present when it happened and has told the story numerous times, most notably on Ozzy’s VH1 BTM. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coprophagia-dangerous/307737/69 "2005-07-10T23:58:51Z")
Ah, right, it wasn’t at a concert. I had heard that story before, I remember now. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coprophagia-dangerous/307737/70 "2005-07-11T01:41:35Z")
Just remember, the rule of skepticism is reversed when Ozzy and insane behavior is involved – when in doubt, believe. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coprophagia-dangerous/307737.md?page=3)