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Part I



Is it just me or does this really sound peaceful?

Part II

Five things you did not know about poo. (Link courtesy Ronil.)

1. Bird poo is white because birds can’t pee. Their kidneys work like ours do, but instead of producing piss, birds excrete a white paste. The paste, along with what comes out of the intestines, unites and is excreted through the bird’s cloaca, a multi-purpose hole which means sewer in Latin. And, yes, by multi-purpose, I mean they mate through it. (Amen.)

2. Many dogs eat poo. This I know because, sadly, my dog used to eat his own poo on occasion. What I didn’t know was that eating poo has a name: coprophagy, and is, of course, more popular with dung beetles than dogs. If your dog eats his/her own poo, one way to discourage the behavior (other than immediately cleaning up after your dog) is to douse the poo with hot sauce or vinegar.(I wonder why dogs hate vinegar...)

3. The reason why some poo floats is because they have a lot of gas in them. Rather than coming out as flatulence, the gas gets stuck in the poo and forces it to the surface of the water. If there’s a lot of fat in your diet, likewise your poo might float. (This relieves the curiosity of a million indians I guess...)

4. Cavemen were better equipped to chew and digest many plants and vegetables. They had larger molars and longer digestive tracts better at handling foods rich in indigestible cellulose, like, er, corn, for instance. Evolution has worked against our ability to chew and digest corn, which is why when some kernels get swallowed whole they appear in poo.

5. The word poo comes from the Middle English word poupen or popen, which used to be the root of the word we now call a fart. Clearly poo has onomatopoeic origins.(Ah, Shit is informative.)

I've learnt a lot today. I should probably slow down. :P