This Animal Poops CUBES?! 🧊💩 #wombat #cubepoop #marsupial #australianwildlife #animalscience

You won't believe this, but wombats are the ONLY animals on the planet that poop in perfect cubes! 🧊💩 But why do they do it? It’s all about marking their territory! Wombats have terrible eyesight, so they rely on smell. They leave their droppings high up on rocks and logs to communicate with other wombats. The cube shape acts like nature's building blocks, stopping the poop from rolling away! 🛑

How does a round, chubby animal make square poop? 🦡🤯 For years, scientists were completely stumped by the wombat. The secret is actually hidden inside their guts! The walls of a wombat's intestines have uneven stretches of stiffness and flexibility. As the food digests and dries out over several days, those intestines act like a mold, rhythmically squeezing the waste into perfect little blocks before it ever sees the light of day. 🧊🧬 Nature is amazing (and a little bit gross).

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