Wombats poop perfect cubes
Wombats poop perfect cubes — and no, their butt isn't square.
The short version
A wombat's intestines stretch unevenly, drying the poop into neat little blocks. One wombat drops up to 100 cubes a night and stacks them on rocks to mark territory.
Why it's so weird
- ✓The Wombat poops in perfect cube shapes.
- ✓The Wombat can drop up to 100 cube-shaped poops in a single night.
- ✓The Wombat stacks its poop cubes on rocks and logs to mark its territory.
- ✓The Wombat molds the cubes with an unevenly stretchy intestine.
The full story
Okay, this might genuinely be the weirdest thing in all of nature. Wombats poop perfect little cubes. Actual cubes, with flat sides and clean edges. And no, before you ask, their butt is not square. So how does this even happen? As the poop slowly moves through the last part of their intestine, the walls stretch unevenly, some parts stiff and some parts stretchy, and that gradually molds it into neat little blocks before it dries out. A single wombat can drop around eighty to a hundred of these cubes every single night. And here is the best part. They actually stack them on top of rocks and logs to mark their territory, because the cube shape stops them from rolling away. Cube-shaped poop, used as a flex. Nature is just showing off. Follow for more weird animals.
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