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Wombats are the only known animals that produce cube-shaped droppings, and the shape is formed by uneven stiffness in the walls of their intestines, not by a square exit.
The finding interests engineers because it hints at a new soft-material way to manufacture cubes without cutting or molding.
Source: Smithsonian Magazine, Wombats Poop Cubes, and Scientists Finally Got to the Bottom of It
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