Today is Penguin Awareness Day, so please be aware that penguins are capable of projectile pooping, and can eject poo to distances twice their body lengths.
Even better: scientists did a deep dive into the physical forces in penguin guts and rectums that make this awesome achievement possible.
www.livescience.com/pengins-projectile-poo.html
#science #SciComm #penguins #birds #PenguinAwarenessDay
Mindy Weisberger (she/her)
@laminda@mastodon.social
