The Mystery of the Wombat’s Squatness: How Its Poop Shape Reveals a Secret Age-Old Trick
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Let me take you back to the not-so-distant past, where the worst thing you could experience was being shoved into a small space for the entirety of your life. While life in a wombat burrow might seem daunting even just by reading about it, the wombat was embracing this fully for thousands of years before we were even aware of the concept of living in one. However, it is an incredibly unique lifestyle that the wombat has perfected to survive on the land…
Now, what exactly distinguishes the wombat, as opposed to other mammals with similar architectural traits? Well, it is the peculiar way in which they use their bodies to offset each other. Although wombats may have rudimentary eyesight, their sense of balance is absolutely exceptional.
In addition to that, wombats have a unique form of excretion – one that far exceeds their weight and height. Along with solid waste \- which would be an expected byproduct of digestion given their warm climate – wombats poop a substantial part of their body weight daily. While this may appear as some sort of random design flaw at first glance, it is actually a perfectly executed strategy…
In 1936, Eugène Sumner, who had extensive experience with the anatomy and physiology of wombats and opossums, published his findings that revealed a significant difference between the two groups of animals
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