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Mystery of square wombat poo explained | The Star | Newcastle, NSW – Newcastle Star
Scientists have stumbled across the reason for wombats’ unique cube-shaped poo, finding proof you can fit a square peg through a round hole. The right-angled…
Scientists have stumbled across the reason for wombats’ unique cube-shaped poo, finding proof you can fit a square peg through a round hole.
The right-angled faeces have confounded people for years – one theory was the native marsupial had a square sphincter.
But University of Tasmania wildlife ecologist Scott Carver says the cubes are formed much higher, in the wombat’s intestine.
He made the accidental discovery during a wombat dissection several years ago, with ensuing studies culminating in…
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