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Thursday, 28 January 2021

Box seat: scientists solve the mystery of why wombats have cube-shaped poo

Unique physiology allows the Australian marsupial to produce square-shaped faeces that may aid communication

How wombats produce their cube-shape poo has long been a biological puzzle but now an international study has provided the answer to this unusual natural phenomenon.

The cube shape is formed within the intestines – not at the point of exit, as previously thought – according to research published in scientific journal Soft Matter on Thursday.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3j1etd5

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