Oskaloosa News Recap For February 1st, 2021 Scientists have finally figured out why wombat poop is cube-shaped. New research shows that the marsupial’s intestines stretch up to 33 feet long — about 10 times their body length. Due to the length, it takes four days for the critter to have a bowl movement, thus creating boxy-shaped feces as their muscles contract and it dries in part of their colon. The new findings shut down previous theories that wombats have a square-shaped sphincter or that they mold the feces themselves. ### Singing in German spreads COVID. According to a new study, singing in German is dangerous in the age of coronavirus — it is far better to sing in Japanese.