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Eating mucus is the act of extracting nasal mucus with one’s finger (rhinotillexis) and the succeeding action of ingesting the mucus from the nose-picking (mucophagy). Nasal mucus is also termed as boogers snot bogeys dried nasal mucus mucus secretion and other related terms including comerse los mocos (to eat one’s snot).Mucophagy is a common behavior in children. Some scientists argue that mucophagy provides benefits for the human body.