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This is a lot to swallow!

The New Zealand takahe bird poos every ten minutes! Laid out end-to-end, that’s 26 feet (8 meters) of dung per day!

Did you know that microscopic mites live at the base of your eyebrows and eyelashes? Luckily the hair follicle mite has no anus, so it can’t poo. But that means all the waste builds up. The mite lives for 2-3 weeks—then it explodes!

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