Scientists stuffed balloons into dead wombats to learn why they poop cubes

[Hail Satan]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/11/19/scientists-stuffed-balloons-into-dead-wombats-learn-why-they-poop-cubes/?utm_term=.4b874e5b412f

[Peachy]

They found that in the final 8 percent of the wombat intestines — the
homestretch of a two-week digestive process where wombat feces turns
from a liquid into a solid — the intestines are not uniformly elastic.
This difference in elasticity molds the feces into a specific shape.
...
“We currently have only two methods to manufacture
cubes,” Yang told National Geographic Magazine. Throughout history,
humans have either cut cubes from hard materials or molded them from
soft ones.
“Wombats have a third way.”

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/249570/05c3f2d8-036a-41ea-960a-237ae5a13988/3Hesz16.jpg

[Curls]

This is the peak of scientific curiousity

[advancedlamb]

i know what that is

[StrawberryClock]

I know scientific endeavors don't have to have direct and quantifiable benefits but how the hell do you get a research grant for this?

[Zenreon]

Listen, if we do this right we can revolutionize the dice manufacturing sector. Just rig up a wall of synthetic koala anuses and you got yourself a factory.

[Zero-Point]

Zog dat, only da finest free-range organic dice fer me Boyz!

[Lamarr]

Wait...

[ithon]

math that could be used for mass production of cubed based soft material. Or so I would assume.

I mean would wouldn't want square hot dogs.

[CirclesofJerk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aGDCE6Nrz0

[Sableye]

that's the most australian thing I've ever heard. Just imagine some europeans land, see this little rat/gopher thing scurry by and leave a trail of cubes on the ground.

[Chubbs]

wombats dont scurry

theyre fuckin hench beasts

[Zorlok]

Wombats produce up to 100 cubes of poop each night and surround their mazelike dens with it to serve as a no trespassing sign to other wombats — a border wall made out of poop, according to National Geographic.

https://i.imgur.com/1r5yAGS.png

[Fire Python]

Poop walls and bricks made from piss, what a time to be alive

[Sableye]

I think if darwin had landed in Australia first we would never have gotten evolution and his seminal work would be an affirmation of Intelligent Design.

[mikerocks]

It only takes one fact about something and it shoots to the top of your list. If I could shit cubes I could change the world.

[Sableye]

someday, someday we will all be capable of shitting bricks...

[kylel999]

we need to start harvesting the shit that comes out of his mouth ASAP