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Wombats are nocturnal Australian marsupials whose feces are shaped like uniform 2 cm cubes, producing 80 to 100 cubes every night to scent-mark territory on rocks and logs without rolling away. Research published in Soft Matter by researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Tasmania (awarded the 2019 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics) revealed this geometry is formed in the final 8% of the wombat’s intestine, where two stiff longitudinal grooves and two flexible regions squeeze the drying digestive matter into sharp corners as moisture is absorbed.
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