If the Olympics awarded medals for long-distance pooping, penguins would take home the gold.
These tubby, aquatic birds can squirt arcing jets of poop to distances nearly twice their own body length, and scientists recently calculated just how much force their tiny rectums produce in order to do so — and how far the poop can fly.
It's a defense mechanism to keep Blue Footed Boobies and other predators from eating their young. They aim for the eyes, it's highly acidic and sticky, and birds don't have the best methods for cleaning their eyes.
If the Olympics awarded medals for long-distance pooping, penguins would take home the gold.
These tubby, aquatic birds can squirt arcing jets of poop to distances nearly twice their own body length, and scientists recently calculated just how much force their tiny rectums produce in order to do so — and how far the poop can fly.
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