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Related: About this forumThe wombat’s cubic poop is one of nature’s weirdest superpowers
Wombat poo contains only "the finest grass particles."
My next business shall be selling a natural remedy made of cubic wombat scat. I shall call it John Cuscat. A CGI Scatman Crothers will be my spokesman.
This panoply of square droppings isn't just evolution evincing a sense of potty humor. No, the wombats' many odiferous turds help the animal mark its territory and recognize new, potential mates. So yes, wombat's mating process is not unlike some of the most frightening pornography on the internet.
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And here's a lovely video courtesy of Robyn Lawrence, who created a model of a wombat's digestive tract and colon. In her demonstration, she squeezes jelly wombat turds out of the artificial organs in an attempt to explain how the marsupial's anatomy produces this square scat. I'm guessing that fake wombat colon is a real smash at dinner parties.
Link: http://io9.com/5872472/the-wombats-cubic-poop-is-one-of-natures-weirdest-superpowers
immoderate
(20,885 posts)Links will be sent.
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asjr
(10,479 posts)Warpy
(111,357 posts)certainly explains their nasty dispositions.
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Really--square, dry and dense! No wonder they seem so irritable--we'd be, too, if we were crapping out square pegs from round holes!
In rural parts of Wales, some of the tourist shops sold varnished sheep shit sculptures. I would not have believed it had I not seen it...!
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Sanity Claws
(21,854 posts)This is the first time I've sat through a poopy video.
Congrats to the film maker for creating an entertaining video on a dry topic. (Pun intended)
Ian David
(69,059 posts)Javaman
(62,534 posts)Javaman
(62,534 posts)Maynar
(769 posts)than I ever wanted to know about wombat poo. But hey, the thirst for knowledge knows no bounds!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Sounds like nature's animal members of the Cubist Movement to me: Vombatus ursinus Picassonus
ANALytic Cubism, specifically
Picasso's 1909 bronze Head of a Woman
Pablo assembling his artist's materials
(Loved the movie, too! Definitely an effort of love I'll be looking for it at Sundance 2 thumbsup )