We have finally discovered how wombats make cube-shaped poos
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more 3 February 2021 Through the motions A strange feeling of relief and gratification floods through Feedback as, after years of straining, science finally plops out an answer as to how wombats produce cube-shaped faeces. Soft Matter. Yang’s previous research record includes finding that all mammals weighing over 3 kilograms clear their bladders in 21 seconds (plus or minus 13 seconds), regardless of body size. Now, co-opting the massed ranks of the A...