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2004 Hackmatack

Children's Choice Book Award/Prix littéraire - le choix de jeunes

Did you know...

• that rhinos like to poop in the same place every day? Or that,
• scientists have found fossilized poop (called coprolite) that is even older than the dinosaurs? Or that,
• the intestine of a large elephant seal measures twice the length of a football field?

If you didn't, then you need to read The Scoop on Poop!

Award-winning author and photographer Dr. Wayne Lynch takes a fun and scientific look at poop in the animal world, explaining why some wild animals eat their dung, others use it to send messages or mark their territory, and some even squirt it on themselves to cool off! Join Dr. Lynch as he dishes out the scoop on poop, facts on feces, tips on turds, data on dung, and the goods on guano.

Dr. Wayne Lynch is an internationally renowned photographer and science writer. He has travelled the world capturing on film and in words the creatures of the Arctic, Antarctic, prairies, savannah and northern forests. He is the author of over a dozen books for adults and children, including the award-winning Whose Feet are These?, The Great Northern Kingdom, Wild Birds Across the Prairies and A is for Arctic.

Thematic Links

• Animals, digestive tract and process
• Animal habits
• Amazing animal facts
• Ecology, balance of nature

Suggested Activities

• Do a study of different kinds of scat in your province.
• Find out where different wild animals live in your province.
• Go to a wildlife farm or museum of natural history to see what you can learn there about animals.