Why Wombats Poop Cubes | Wild to Know
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Ever wondered why wombats produce cube-shaped feces? No, they don't have a square anus, and yes, they still have normal intestines. But, unlike other animals, wombats have a unique internal feature that causes their waste to solidify into perfect cubes. Recent intriguing research conducted by experts focuses on understanding the secrets behind this phenomenon.
Join us as we talk to researchers to explore the fascinating complexities behind the formation of wombats' cubic poop and unravel the truth behind their square-shaped droppings. From investigating their anatomy to uncovering the potential purposes of this peculiar adaptation, we shed light on the mysteries of wombats' cubic poop, providing a deeper understanding of these remarkable marsupials.
Original Production:
"Secrets in the Scat", a co-production of Terra Mater Studios and WGBH/NOVA in association with ARTE France, written and directed by Ruth Berry.
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That thumbnail is pure comedy gold
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
Hi Daniil! It's amazing right?! 😂
@HercadosP
Жыл бұрын
@@terramater please tell me the resemblance of that arrow to a certain arrow was on purpose
Imagine if it was longer, they'd be shitting bricks.
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
🙈
I am convinced that wombats originated from Minecraft and were transported to the real world. They eventually lost their blocky appearance, but their poop still retains that shape.
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
Interesting theory 🧐
Pretty interesting 👌 and Faecesbook was a great one 😂 (the platform that many folks still use should ideally rename itself too as this name would just be so much more apt & fitting)
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
Right?! Glad you like it!
Y'all did not make me watch animals poop. But with a video topic like this, I should have seen this coming. So I set myself up for failure.
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
Oh, c'mon, it's still interesting 🤓💩
Yoooo, they really are shtting bricks! lol
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
😂
Wombats are still insanely adorable despite this odd feature of theirs!
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
I knew they had won the IG Nobel prize, but I didn't know they showed up like that 😂
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
So creative and funny, right?! 😂
The beginning was considerably more lurid than one might have anticipated. No aspersion understand, just hadn't been in the right gear. The elastic band example was most useful for one's conception of cube formation.
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
It's quite easy to understand with the elastic band, right?!
Best explanation video for the cubepoop!
@terramater
23 күн бұрын
Glad you liked it!
You have such a wonderful voice that I thought it was an AI generated. Wombat are awesome.
@terramater
5 ай бұрын
They're so cool!
3:44 Nice wordplay.
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Never think of this question until now🤣
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
Here it goes! 😆
Fascinating!
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
Right?! 💩
Cool, adds to our insight
@terramater
9 ай бұрын
It's interesting, right? 🤓 💩
Interesting ty
@terramater
10 ай бұрын
Right?!
All these circles make a square,All these circles make a square, All these circles make a square.
How cool that they "push out 8-cornered" poops! I learned something new today. Thank you! I was interested in the maths around this phenomenon. I like how you showed it briefly (as most of us wouldn't understand what I believe was calculus), so you then showed the rubber band analogy - get it? "ANAL" ogy? LOL!
@terramater
10 ай бұрын
It’s a funny topic because we’re still talking about 💩, but it’s really interesting to see how researchers found this out! At first did you think the intestines were square or the anus was square? 🤔
@NatureGloseScience
10 ай бұрын
@@terramater Yes, I believe I did. I was trying hard to conceptualize how it happens, certainly. LOL
@terramater
10 ай бұрын
🤣
The video deserves more views
@terramater
11 ай бұрын
Thank you! 🤗 Help us to spread it by sharing with your friends
I'm so HAPPY I actually found information about this 😂😂😂 since I was today's years old when I found out and I was confused AF 🤣🤣
@terramater
8 ай бұрын
It's quite interesting, right?!
That's good shit!
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
💩🙌
OK, I laugh out lout at the feces book joke. 😊
@terramater
9 ай бұрын
Hahah glad to hear you enjoy our video 😅
If you change thumbnail to "holy hell", I will bring you many more views to this video.
Yeah, I'm not shitting everywhere. I'll stick to e-mail to communicate, lol 😉
@terramater
6 ай бұрын
Better 😅
@2ahdcat
6 ай бұрын
@@terramater lol 👍
More poop puns please
@terramater
11 ай бұрын
Your wish is our command 💩😂
If my intestines did that I would shit a brick
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
Not a fun task! 🙈
I need a pillow
Cubetastic 💩!
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
💩🧊
I first saw this in Family guy. 😅
Talk about Saturn worship lol
All they wants to do is eat grass, just leave them alone and stop prodding them with measuring crap
Wombat tinder 🤣
@terramater
6 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
Rectal Dysfunction
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
Nooo, they're normal 😄
Family guy brought me here 😂
@terramater
10 ай бұрын
How this? :D
Ignoble not IGnoble
Can here after family guy joke
@terramater
3 ай бұрын
😂
Family Guy brought me here. Who else? 😅
@terramater
3 ай бұрын
🙈
@richarddeleon2860
2 ай бұрын
Me
ahhh Family Guy
Who else came here from Family Guy?
Who's hear because of family guy? 🤓
🤣🤣🤣
💩👍
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
💩🤓
Faecesbook page 🤣
@terramater
23 күн бұрын
😂
Good to see your school learning went to better mankind. Thank you so much university. A perfect waste of time.
Who's from the family guy?
😒Minecraft poop