Animals poop, and sometimes, that poop has some pretty incredible benefits! Here are a few of our favorite.
How Fecal Transplants Are Saving Lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6RBfoITbls
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10 Animals Whose Poop Comes With Perks
http://mentalfloss.com/article/61877/10-animals-whose-poop-comes-perks
“Every animal excretes its waste; if it didn’t, it would die. But sometimes that poop does double—wait for it—duty.”
Absurd Creature of the Week: This Goofy Fish Poops Out White-Sand Beaches
http://www.wired.com/2014/08/absurd-creature-of-the-week-parrotfish/
“AH, HAWAII. THE resplendent luaus and awe-inspiring volcanoes. Tom Selleck and his mustache running around private-investigating stuff. The beautiful white-sand beaches made of fish poop.”
Civet cat coffee: can world’s most expensive brew be made sustainably?
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/sep/19/civet-cat-coffee-worlds-most-expensive-brew-made-sustainably-kopi-luwak
“The story of kopi luwak has a certain repulsive charm. A shy cat-like wild creature wanders out of the Sumatran jungle at night onto a coffee plantation and selects only the finest, ripest coffee cherries to eat.”
UW study: Seeds do better when pooped by birds
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2013/06/27/uw-study-seeds-do-better-when-pooped-by-birds/
“Scientists have long known that seeds gobbled by birds and dispersed across the landscape tend to fare better than those that fall near parent plants where seed-hungry predators and pathogens are more concentrated.”
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