Eine Analyse von 35 Stunden Filmmaterial von 15 Vögeln, die am 18. August in der Zeitschrift Current Biology veröffentlicht wurden, zeigt, dass gestreifte Shearwaters (Calonectris Leucomelas) alle vier bis 10 Minuten kackten, durchschnittlich fünfmal pro Stunde und verlorene 5 Prozent ihrer Körpermasse.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/these-seabirds-pooping-habits-shock-scientists/
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Link to Current Biology paper: [https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(25)00818-8](https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(25)00818-8)
Surely i’m not the only one that does a before and after weigh-in…
That’s the turbo thrusters kicking in.
Sounds like my 2 year old
fertilizing the ocean!
Glad we spent time on this. Such a good use of our xollective time.
Could this have anything to do with low weight making flying easier?
I’m not a professional math-ist. But on the high end if they pooped once every 4 minutes that would be 15 times per hour. On the low end once every 10 minutes, that would be 6 times per hour. So how does pooping every 4 to 10 minutes ever average 5 times per hour?
this is only because they could sense that my car was parked underneath them
Hansel the Streaked Shearwater dropping some breadcrumbs to find his way back home, little did he know, all he was doing was providing the fish ies with a succulent marine meal
So, the camera was focused on the bird’s butts the whole time? Like, someone developed a harness and camera just to observe it’s bowel movements?