Penguin Poo Power

Penguins are able to project their poo with such force it can land up to 15ft away from their nests. They generate pressures of up to 60 kilopascals a poo.

However this is nothing compared to the silver-spotted skipper butterfly caterpillar. They can can poo 4ft, the equivalent of a human emitting a projectile poo capable of travelling up to 250ft. Just imagine the splashback from that!

I wonder what the hard working scientists at the International University of Bremen will discover next.

PERMALINK - Penguin Poo Power
Entered: 2004-01-08 09:33:10

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