Box seat: scientists solve the mystery of why wombats have cube-shaped poo
by Natasha May from Science | The Guardian on (#5DFJ2)
Unique physiology allows the Australian marsupial to produce square-shaped faeces that may aid communication
How wombats produce their cube-shape poo has long been a biological puzzle but now an international study has provided the answer to this unusual natural phenomenon.
The cube shape is formed within the intestines - not at the point of exit, as previously thought - according to research published in scientific journal Soft Matter on Thursday.
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