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Who Pooped in the Zoo? San Diego Zoo: Exploring the Weirdest, Wackiest, Grossest, and Most Surprising Facts About Zoo Poop
Did you know that tigers leave their droppings in piles called scrapes to mark their territory? Or that storks poop on their legs to cool off? Or that squid-eating penguins have pink poop? Elephants have biggest poop in the zoo, but what animal has the smallest? Who Pooped in the Zoo? San Diego Zoo, for children ages 8 to 12, explores animal poop as a way of understanding the behavior of animals that live at the zoo. After a general explanation of the facts and functions of feces, the book discusses how animals use poop to define territory, establish status, find mates, build houses, and keep in touch with the rest of the herd. Bronze, Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Awards, Juvenile Nonfiction, 2007.
Finalist, Ben Franklin Book Awards, 2008.
Finalist, Ben Franklin Book Awards, 2008.
40 pages, Paperback
First published June 30, 2007
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September 15, 2008
I really actually wanted to learn about my own poop (in ‘What Your Poo Says About You’, also on my goodreads list) when I came across this book. It was the closest thing the library had.
I’ll admit it: I think poop is interesting. It can be so different (size, shape, texture, smell) from day to day. Isn’t that weird?! My cats have much more consistent poop, but then again, they eat the same food every single day. I haven’t ever tracked my poop vs what I ate. That might be an interesting science fair project. If I ever have to do another project I’ll do poop instead of the old stand-by: ‘What is the best paper towel?’ PS…I did that project three years in a row in elementary. I honestly did the project all three times. I was pretty convinced that word might somehow get out that Hi-Dri paper towels were the least absorbent and they would, of course, improve them. As of my 6th grade project, Hi-Dri was still the worst. They probably didn’t improve them until I was in 7th grade, at which point I was no longer testing paper towels. I always suspected that the judges must have owned stock in Hi-Dri because I never won first place (or second, third, or honorable mention).
Anyways, even for you who aren’t particularly interested in poop, you’d like this book. I guarantee you will say ‘WOW!’ at least a dozen times. Here were some of my favorite WOW factoids:
A blue whale poop is nearly a yard wide and several yards long.
Animals sometimes eat their poop. That is called ‘coprophagia’. The fact that they eat poop is not the WOW. The fact that someone named the fact that animals eat poop is the ‘WOW’!
On occasion, baby koalas suffocate in their own poop if their mother does not clean out her pouch.
Flamingos poop pink.
Ok, that’s it. I am not going to spoil any more fun poop facts for you!
I’ll admit it: I think poop is interesting. It can be so different (size, shape, texture, smell) from day to day. Isn’t that weird?! My cats have much more consistent poop, but then again, they eat the same food every single day. I haven’t ever tracked my poop vs what I ate. That might be an interesting science fair project. If I ever have to do another project I’ll do poop instead of the old stand-by: ‘What is the best paper towel?’ PS…I did that project three years in a row in elementary. I honestly did the project all three times. I was pretty convinced that word might somehow get out that Hi-Dri paper towels were the least absorbent and they would, of course, improve them. As of my 6th grade project, Hi-Dri was still the worst. They probably didn’t improve them until I was in 7th grade, at which point I was no longer testing paper towels. I always suspected that the judges must have owned stock in Hi-Dri because I never won first place (or second, third, or honorable mention).
Anyways, even for you who aren’t particularly interested in poop, you’d like this book. I guarantee you will say ‘WOW!’ at least a dozen times. Here were some of my favorite WOW factoids:
A blue whale poop is nearly a yard wide and several yards long.
Animals sometimes eat their poop. That is called ‘coprophagia’. The fact that they eat poop is not the WOW. The fact that someone named the fact that animals eat poop is the ‘WOW’!
On occasion, baby koalas suffocate in their own poop if their mother does not clean out her pouch.
Flamingos poop pink.
Ok, that’s it. I am not going to spoil any more fun poop facts for you!
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