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Most adult animals on earth share one thing in common: brown poop. But what's in it that makes it that particular color? Trace does the dirty work to find out.

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Why is Fecal Matter Brown?
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"Feces are fascinating. Flush down your initial grade-school scatological silliness and you'll discover a world of energy efficiency and unparalleled waste management. If machines, industries and nations ran as well as your stomach, intestines and colon, we could say goodbye to a lot of landfills."

Why Are Human Feces Brown?
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"The feces of most vegetarian mammals are greenish, due to the plant's green pigment called chlorophyll, which cannot be digested."

5 Ways Your Poop Can Advise You on Health
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"A person's poop can say a lot about his or her health. How often you go to the bathroom, and how much waste you expel, can indicate your general digestive health."

How Poop Works: A Tour Of The Factory
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"We at PoopReport spend all day talking about poop. But how many of us know what it really is and how it really works?"

Stool Formation
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"Stools are formed in the colon during the last phase of Digestion. A well formed stool is soft and flexible. Measuring about 1.5" in diameter and about four to seven inches in length. Well formed stools are easily passed without straining."

Science Question from a Toddler: Why is poop brown?
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"Two Science Questions from a Toddler in the same month? It's a Festivus miracle! Or, you know, the unexpected byproduct of trying to write weekly blog posts during a month where damn-near all the sources you need to talk to are on vacation."

Why Poop Is Brown
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"Poop is brown due to bile from your gall bladder being metabolized by the bacteria in your intestines. This results in a byproduct called stercobilin, which, in turn, makes poop look brown-ish."

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