Scientists finally discover why wombat poop is cubed

[BetteDavisEyes]

Scientists finally discover why wombat poop is cubed

Wombats' intestine walls stretch unevenly

(CNN) - A team of scientists claims to have unraveled one of the animal kingdom's more peculiar mysteries: why wombat poop is cube-shaped.

The wombat, native to Australia, produces about 80 to 100 cubes of poop each night. It is known to use the dung to mark its territory, depositing piles of the stuff outside burrows and on top of rocks and logs, according to Australian Geographic...

 

[kirkassoc]

It's good to know someone is on top of this. Our tax dollars at work...

 

[Laughing]

Ah, research for research' sake!

 

[teedie2]

Do they poop during the daytime too, or just at night? Curious minds ...

 

[alb1on]

A guaranteed IgNobel next year. Although I would have been more impressed by an explanation that it is to build better walls for Trump's next threat to visit Australia.

 

[JDG]

I think that's a poopy explanation.