so i’m obsessed with animal facts. i love learning lil tidbits about the wonders & delights of the world all around us….. it gives me hope, usually makes me giggle, and gives me the opportunity to reflect upon how enchanting our lives on this magnificent planet are.
so for the first one… let’s talk about wombat’s fabulous feces!
wombats, the adorable short-legged marsupial beans native to Austrailia, have CUBE SHAPED POOP! what! (yo what do their butts look like?!) they produce 80-100 dice-sized poop cubes a night. some scientists say it’s to mark territory (cubed poos never roll away) but i think they wanted to make biodegradeable stackable blocks for their kiddos. only the wombats themselves could answer our questions but unfortunately they don’t speak any human languages (yet).
if you are interested in hearing more about their excellent excrement, one of my favorite podcasts “every little thing” hosted by flora lichtman & produced by gimlet media, has an excellent episode about the subject called “Who Invented the Bloomin’ Onion? Plus, Biology’s Best Butt”
and i know you need to see a picture of the world’s #1 number two so here ya go:
