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Why it takes you and an elephant the same amount of time to poop (2017)

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Re: Why it takes you and an elephant the same amount of time to poop (2017)

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This reminds me of a news story from many years ago about a research study that won the Ig Nobel Prize. The research study was about how almost all mammals weighing over 3 kg take just about the same amount of time to empty their bladders when urinating.

Re: Why it takes you and an elephant the same amount of time to poop (2017)

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Why would you expect anything else? It's also easier for larger people to pick up heavier weights, larger bullets to make larger holes, etc. etc. Of course larger animals are going to have larger muscles in their digestive tracts in approximate proportion to everything else about them being larger.
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