The wombat is the only animal in the world whose faeces comes out in cubes!!!!
Scientists have pondered for years why this is the case. Some said it was so the crap couldn't roll away which would alter the boundaries of its territory. Nope!
Others thought that the gut of the wombat was particularly effective at retaining every last drop of moisture, and it was this squeezing process in the gut which give the crap it's cube like appearance. Nope!
They finally sussed it by dissecting dead wombats that were killed on the roads. Apparently their intestinal tubes have a series of ridges on the inside, so whilst the crap is passing through, being compacted as it goes, it ends up square as opposed to cylindrical. Yes!
Scientists have pondered for years why this is the case. Some said it was so the crap couldn't roll away which would alter the boundaries of its territory. Nope!
Others thought that the gut of the wombat was particularly effective at retaining every last drop of moisture, and it was this squeezing process in the gut which give the crap it's cube like appearance. Nope!
They finally sussed it by dissecting dead wombats that were killed on the roads. Apparently their intestinal tubes have a series of ridges on the inside, so whilst the crap is passing through, being compacted as it goes, it ends up square as opposed to cylindrical. Yes!