Betta fish lover Samantha doesn’t usually stop to look at the fish being sold in major pet stores. They’re kept in ...

Just as she was about to give up, she noticed poop in her son’s hands. “What was going through my mind when I saw him holding the poop? ‘Do I laugh or cry? Why does he love his poop so much?

Poop can also be something nutritious, useful and actually eaten (again) in its own right, three researchers point out in the December issue of Animal Behaviour. Tallying just the examples from ...