Animal Poop

Animal Poop

A Panda Eats 40kg of Bamboo a Day — and Pushes Me Out at 10kg

How giant pandas eat enormous amounts of bamboo and produce enormous amounts of poop. Unchikun explains the evolutionary mismatch — a carnivore's gut surviving on bamboo — and what it teaches us about reading our own poop.

2026-05-02

Animal Poop

Baby Koalas Eat Their Mother's Poop — and It Is the Most Beautiful Reason

Newborn koalas cannot digest eucalyptus alone. They acquire the special microbes by eating mom's "pap." Unchikun explains microbial inheritance, and the very similar story happening invisibly in humans.

2026-04-29

Animal Poop

Leafcutter Ants Have Been Farming With Their Own Poop for 50 Million Years

Leafcutter ants don't eat leaves — they feed them to a fungus, eat the fungus, and fertilize the fungus garden with their own poop. Unchikun walks you through one of nature's most elegant farming systems.

2026-04-29

Animal Poop

Wombat Poop Is Literally Cube-Shaped — and It Is Wild Why

The Australian wombat is the only animal on Earth that makes cube-shaped poop. Unchikun explains the 2019 Ig Nobel-winning research that finally cracked the mystery, and what it teaches us about reading our own poop.

2026-04-29