Pooseum in Richmond, Australia

Did you know that some species of caterpillar can launch their poo up to four feet away from themselves? That fun fact is what inspired Karin Koch to open the Pooseum, a small science museum in Australia dedicated to animal droppings. Stool samples aplenty are seen—not smelled—including the bizarre square-shaped droppings of wombats, the fur- and bone-riddled scat of a lion, and the petrified mass of a dinosaur turd. Information panels provide everything you have ever wanted to know about how to identify animal droppings, uses for dung, and which food…

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