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| What Shat That?: A Pocket Guide to Poop Identity | 
| Author: Matt Pagett
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 83203
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 1580088856
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9781580088855
ASIN: 1580088856
Publication Date: September 2007
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Product Description
Ever paused to ponder poo? This unique book will resolve all scat squabbles and doo-doo debates. Ideal for nature lovers and backyard biologists, WHAT SHAT THAT? is an original and authoritative survey of the substance that unites all creatures big and small. All major international species are covered, along with more wild and exotic species, while full-color photos capture each turd in all of its glory. Handy identification tips and "scat facts" run throughout the book to help you gain confidence in your poop-identification ability, and there's even a special color comparison chart for in-the-field classification.
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What's not to love?! December 15, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you've ever wanted to be able to identify anything from a rabbit to a fox to a bear or a koala by its dung, well, this is the book for you. A two-page spread on each animal includes loving descriptions of each animal's fecal habits, as well as photos or drawings of turds both large and small. The book is just small enough to fit into a large pocket or a small bag, making it easy to take along as subway reading (in case you relish those weird looks from strangers) or to help you identify those piles of crap you find while hiking.
You'll learn a huge amount about how various animals' feces are used to enable scientists to better track and analyze their movements, habits, and health. The book includes a wide array of factoids regarding how dung is used: as fertilizer, tourist souvenirs, a water purifier(!), a necessary part of complex ecosystems, a source of food or shelter for some critters, and more.
The book has a humorous, irreverent tone, invoking every possible name for poo that you could possibly think of and then some.
I loved this book equally for its tone and for the fascinating bits of information scattered throughout--some hilarious, some poignant, some quite gross. You'll learn how the CIA used tiger poop during the Vietnam War, why ants farm and protect aphids for their honeydew-dung, and how ancient civilizations used various types of scat in medicinal remedies. Not to mention the wealth of information scientists have gathered about animals thanks to their dung, either directly or indirectly.
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