Whose scat is that?

By kiley | February 4, 2019 |

Scat is a word used for animal droppings, feces or poop, specifically for carnivorous wild animal droppings.

Feces for different creatures actually has different names:

Bats and seabirds: Guano
Caterpillars and other herbivorous insects: Frass
Cows: Tath
Deer: Fewmets
Otters: Spraints
Worms: Castings
Fossilized dung: Coprolite
Feces used as fertilizer: Manure

We sculpted scat for a new game in the lower level of the Dickinson County Nature Center. Can you match the scat to the predator?

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2 Comments

Ari on March 3, 2020 at 6:21 pm

it was interesting to see what the bear scat looks like and why it has the weird white tubes in it.
ruby on March 3, 2020 at 6:17 pm

this is sooo gross