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enlightenment

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2. Very interesting discovery,

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2013, 12:58 PM

Nov 2013

and kudos to the Beeb for the repeated use of "poo" in the article.

I don't think that the critter looks anything like a modern rhino, though!

Thank you for posting, muriel. Learned something new today.

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Giant prehistoric toilet unearthed [View all] muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 OP

oddly, the chemical composition of the pool zbdent Nov 2013 #1

Very interesting discovery, enlightenment Nov 2013 #2

So would that mean a lot of fossils that are found are just dinosaur poop? Initech Nov 2013 #3

They are technically called coprolites, I believe nt LiberalEsto Nov 2013 #5

coprolites, corpolites..... BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2013 #8

Did they eat corn? awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #4

snarfle BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2013 #13

i have a chunk of fossilied dinosaur dung as a gift from a science teacher friend roguevalley Nov 2013 #6

omg! I thought you were being facetious! ninehippies Nov 2013 #7

sooo.. they can be litter-trained!!!!!! BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2013 #9

My boys tell my wife they want to be scatologists.... the_sly_pig Nov 2013 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Nov 2013 #11

seems with each answer we get more questions--science is cool dembotoz Nov 2013 #12

Okay, here's a plan for the TeaPublicans... KansDem Nov 2013 #14