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Old 11-20-2018, 11:40 AM   #1
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Why is wombat poo square?
Scientists discover why wombat poop is cube-shaped

https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news...s-cube-shaped/

Link from wodin that actually tells you why:

https://www.livescience.com/64119-wo...oop-cubes.html

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Wombats go through all this effort for a reason, the statement said. They don't see or hear very well, so they stack their poops in important places to guide themselves around and to signal their presence to other wombats. A big pile of cubic poops is the wombat equivalent of a "Hello, there."



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The first pic was uploaded with tapatalk. How do I look to see what the size is? I want to know if I can use tapatalk for images.
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Old 11-20-2018, 11:56 AM   #2
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Wow, talk about sh@#ing a brick! That's gotta hurt.
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Old 11-20-2018, 12:16 PM   #3
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I remember now that I saw Bender do that on Futurama.
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Old 11-20-2018, 01:40 PM   #4
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I'm wondering how much it cost to figger that out.

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a team of researchers led by Patricia Yang of the Georgia Institute of Technology said that they've figured it out.
A team? Really?
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Old 11-20-2018, 02:40 PM   #5
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Your link has more info - the title in mine says they found out why, but never tells us. I'm adding it to the 1st post.
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Old 11-20-2018, 05:45 PM   #6
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An interview from the CBC with the researcher https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens...ubes-1.4911374
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Old 11-21-2018, 05:40 AM   #7
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Painful, indeed.
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Old 11-21-2018, 06:37 PM   #8
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I'd read that on the Science News website.

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