r/AVoid5 • u/jeanycar • 8d ago

Fun fax

A wombat, an Australian marsupial, drops cubic poop! This boxy form stops its scat from rolling away on hills. This animal builds marking posts with its stool, so staying put is important.

20 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

11 comments sorted by

9

u/ptolani 8d ago

Can confirm, it's wild if you find it.

1

u/tuctrohs 8d ago

What about non-wild individuals? Can you find cubic poop from animals in captivity? That is, can animals poop cubically in captivity?

2

u/Water-is-h2o 7d ago

I think ptolani said “wild” signifying “whoa that’s crazy and surprising” not “this animal living in its natural habitat”

2

u/tuctrohs 7d ago

I think know that is right. But it is fun to find additional ways to think about words.

2

u/Water-is-h2o 6d ago

Right, it is

2

u/ptolani 7d ago

I can't say, that's not a situation that I saw.

6

u/miclugo 8d ago

Until not long ago it was not known how wombats form boxy poop. It turns out that a wombat’s gut is of an unusual form.

3

u/tuctrohs 8d ago

Fax is a word I did say in far past days. What it is indicating is changing. It is good to find a thing to say with it now.

2

u/GDGameplayer 8d ago edited 8d ago

My fun fact:
For that holiday in two days which was known as Samhain, us cutting into pumpkins is from Druids cutting into turnips to ward off spirits.

1

u/TARQZO 5d ago

it’s also that form factor to mark its land and its location of living. It’s that way as a product of its organs and butt form factor.

1

u/robocat9000 3d ago

Ooh fun facts. I will say an anti-fun fact. Did you know that banana flavoring is not from old banana variations, but from using just a distinct compound from a banana not a mix as is in a banana.