What happens when a penguin needs to go
Any regular of this blog and particularly its accompanying podcast, will no doubt be aware of my entire lack of interest in matters relating to poo.
Today is no exception as I enthusiastically ignore the subject of Penguin Number Twos.
In their paper entitled Pressures Produced When Penguins Pooh — Calculations on Avian Defaecation (it’s a pdf) two European scientists have measured the pressure buildup when a Penguin is about to drop a load - though by the look of the diagram, it is more like ’squirt a load’.
This essential research won them the coveted Ig Nobel Prize in fluid dynamics.
I hope they washed their hands.
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Oh rats! I guess my scientific essay on the trajectory of pigeon droppings won’t be looked at with any sort of appreciation for originality now… Too little, too late.
Now, where are my notes on vomit…