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Pooseum

Locality: Richmond, Tasmania

Phone: +61 413 802 206

Address: 22 Bridge Street 7025 Richmond, TAS, Australia

Website: http://www.pooseum.com.au

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18.01.2022 How would you feel about eating from a poo table? William Buckland (17841856), a Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Oxford University and an enthusiastic fossil hunter, had a rather unusual table made for his living room. The table top was embedded with cut open and polished limestone nodules, each containing a fish coprolite. Because the mineral veins coming out of the coprolites look like legs, they’re also sometimes called ‘beetle stones’. The eccentric professor enjoyed serving dinner to guests on the poo table before telling them about the specifics of the rocks. The table is currently on display at the Lyme Regis Museum in Dorset, UK. Photo by Lyme Regis Museum http://www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk//upl/2017/03/buckland.pdf

17.01.2022 In a naked rat-mole colony, the queen pops out all the babies. She then feeds her hormone-laced poo to sterile female workers, who - thanks to the ingested oestradiol - develop motherly feelings and will happily look after the queen’s young! https://www.sciencealert.com/eusocial-naked-mole-rats-copro

16.01.2022 Sansha is a Japanese brandy made with silkworm droppings. It was co-developed by Antcicada, an experimental kitchen exploring edible insects, and the Mitosaya Botanical Distillery. After fermenting organic mulberries with rice spirit, dried silkworm droppings are added, before the mix proceeds to distillation. In China, silkworm droppings are believed to have medicinal benefits. The Mitosaya Botanical Distillery generously donated two bottles of Sansha to the Pooseum, and they’re now part of the exhibition together with other alcoholic beverages made with poo.

12.01.2022 Chouara Tannery, the largest of three tanneries in Fes, Morocco, is a popular and very photogenic tourist attraction. Animal hides are soaked in a white liquid made from pigeon excrement, cow urine, quicklime, salt and water to clean and soften the skins so they better absorb the dye. The owners of the tannery proudly tell visitors that they only use manual labour and no modern machinery, and that this method hasn’t changed since medieval times. The ugly reality is that the men at the tannery work in abhorrent conditions, and that large amounts of toxic waste are generated due to the outdated methods used. https://publicaddress.net//bullshit-and-pigeon-shit-insid/

05.01.2022 Tarantulas are big and hairy but actually not that scary! Their venom is not dangerous to humans, and they’re quite docile creatures and easy to care for, making them great pets. If you’d like to see how tarantulas poo and are curious about their toilet habits, click on the link below: https://keepingbugs.com/do-tarantulas-poop-and-more-on-spi/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com//mexican-red-knee-tara/