Every Mammal On Earth Including Humans Takes 12 Seconds To Poop

[mirraflake]

Following up on the booger article yesterday


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4449712/From-cats-humans-mammals-poop-12-seconds.html

Whether wild or domestic, hunter or hunted, 10lbs or 10,000, there’s one thing all mammals have in common – the time they take to poop.
According to a new study, all mammals take an average of 12 seconds to relieve themselves, and apply about the same amount of pressure to do so, regardless of size differences.
Researchers investigating the hydrodynamics of defecation found that mammals, from cats to elephants (and even humans), rely on a layer of mucus to carry fecal matter quickly through the large intestine ‘like a sled sliding through a chute.’

[GtHawk]

Oh Yeah? Even if they got's the diarrhea or constipitations?

[geronl]

I know people who can spend an hour in there.

[andy58-in-nh]

That must have been some fun field research.

[240B]

Nonsense. I can't imagine why this was written, or why anyone would choose to publish it, but it is total nonsense just on the face of it. It certainly doesn't apply to me. And the last time I checked, I'm still a member of the every mammal on Earth club.

[roamer_1]

Researchers investigating the hydrodynamics of defecation found that mammals, from cats to elephants (and even humans), rely on a layer of mucus to carry fecal matter quickly through the large intestine ‘like a sled sliding through a chute.’

The author is blissfully unaware of the consequences inherent in a high cheese diet.

[Ghost Bear]

That must have been some fun field research.

I was thinking it must have been a really sh!tty job.   

[Ghost Bear]

What everyone is missing in the snippet quoted is the all-important word, average.

So yeah, sometimes more, sometimes less, but on average, 12 seconds. 

[EC]

If the average is 12 seconds ... Who's pooping in microseconds to balance out my hour?

[Wingnut]

Did you know The Eskimos were the first people to have ICBM's?   I wonder if that slowed down the 12 sec average or sped it up?

[skeeter]

Thank heavens I've never had a boss who seemed aware of this.

[240B]

What everyone is missing in the snippet quoted is the all-important word, average.

So yeah, sometimes more, sometimes less, but on average, 12 seconds. 

Ok
So we are to believe that this researcher is a modern day Noah, and miraculously had access to "every mammal on Earth" long enough to study how long it takes them to poop. Did he measure a platypus, and a blue whale?

I've heard of people with too much time on their hands, but this is a whole new level.

[Cripplecreek]

I have nothing of value to ad here.

[Ghost Bear]

Did you know The Eskimos were the first people to have ICBM's?   I wonder if that slowed down the 12 sec average or sped it up?

Quoting the article, "like a sled sliding through a chute."  Now, imagine a luge...   

[Ghost Bear]

If the average is 12 seconds ... Who's pooping in microseconds to balance out my hour?

Technically to balance out it wouldn't have to be one mammal doing it in microseconds, just a whole lot of mammals doing it in 11 seconds...

[Cripplecreek]

Quoting the article, "like a sled sliding through a chute."  Now, imagine a luge...   

Unhg

[geronl]

I think this study is a pile of crap!

[Wingnut]

I have nothing of value to ad here.

You have the right to remain Silent....... but Deadly....

[endicom]

Enough of this eliminationist rhetoric.

[r9etb]

If the average is 12 seconds ... Who's pooping in microseconds to balance out my hour?

Somebody with an armor-plated toilet....  hopefully one with really good splash guards.

[geronl]

We all know this machine could suck it out in a fraction of a second.

[Wingnut]

Somebody with an armor-plated toilet....  hopefully one with really good splash guards.

Blast zone safety guide:

[r9etb]

Blast zone safety guide:

 

[goodwithagun]

I'll go ahead and "drop" this here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YbYWhdLO43Q

[Wingnut]

A quide for the MOAB of poop