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steve  ·  3101 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: As large animals disappear, the loss of their poop hurts the planet

bullshit.

oh wait...

but seriously #buttstuff is hilarious





tacocat  ·  3101 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A comic writer named Matt Fraction's twitter handle for a while was Butt Stuff Werewolf. It's Butt Stuff Reindeer now. He writes a comic where two people have sex and it stops time. They commit crimes. It's called Sex Criminals.

That's about all I have to say about butt stuff.

user-inactivated  ·  3101 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I can't seem to find the article I'm looking for, but here's something similar from The Alaska Department of Fish and Game. If you don't want to read the whole thing, the key point is this . . .

    When they return to spawn, salmon become a veritable conveyor belt for nutrients. For example, an adult chum salmon returning to spawn contains an average of 130 grams of nitrogen, 20 grams of phosphorus and more than 20,000 kilojoules of energy in the form of protein and fat; a 250-meter reach of salmon stream in southeast Alaska receives more than 80 kilograms of nitrogen and 11 kilograms of phosphorous in the form of chum salmon tissue in just over one month.
user-inactivated  ·  3101 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm on the phone right now, but when I get the chance, I'll see if I can't find a great article about how salmon migration plays a huge role in dispersing nutrients. I believe it's by National Geographic.

steve  ·  3101 days ago  ·  link  ·  

(I hope you know I was totally kidding - I'm not calling BS not the article - it just tickled my funny bone).

I hope you'll tag it #buttstuff

user-inactivated  ·  3101 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think from now on, Hubski should be a cornerstone of scientific poop articles, all tagged #buttstuff.