Wombats Produce Perfect Cubes of Feces, and We Now Understand Why
The rough-haired or hollow-nosed wombat, or common wombat (Vombatus ursinus), excretes cube-shaped droppings. Scientists finally seem to know why. Wombats excrete a lot, like other herbivores, but they differ from all other animal excrement in that it is almost exactly cubic in shape and size, like cubes. This feature has long intrigued biologists, who also …
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