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How wombats poop cubes

A great mystery of the natural world has been how wombats make cubic faeces from their round anus. Wombats are the only species known to make these box-shaped poops which scientists believe they strategically place to communicate with each other. The cubic shape helps the... click to read more

Zoé Valbret | PhD Student at University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Wombats

Mechanics

Animal Communication

Digestion

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Apr 21, 2021

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