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http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/DFD18/Session/E19.1 link to presentation
https://gizmodo.com/we-finally-know-how-wombats-produce-their-distinctly-cu-1830414749
This may belong in Fluid dynamics. It is begin presented at an APS Fluid Dynamics seminar. @boneh3ad might know more.
Wombats (Australian marsupial, herbivore) apparently collect their dried poop cubes and stack them. The last 8% of the alimentary canal shapes the fecal matter into cubes as it dries, using variable intestinal wall resistance. The gizmodo article explains it in more detail. The fecal stacking behavior is possibly the why behind creating cubes. (my guess).
The APS abstract suggests the wombat approach may have manufacturing potential as a new method.
https://gizmodo.com/we-finally-know-how-wombats-produce-their-distinctly-cu-1830414749
This may belong in Fluid dynamics. It is begin presented at an APS Fluid Dynamics seminar. @boneh3ad might know more.
Wombats (Australian marsupial, herbivore) apparently collect their dried poop cubes and stack them. The last 8% of the alimentary canal shapes the fecal matter into cubes as it dries, using variable intestinal wall resistance. The gizmodo article explains it in more detail. The fecal stacking behavior is possibly the why behind creating cubes. (my guess).
The APS abstract suggests the wombat approach may have manufacturing potential as a new method.
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