Who Pooped In The Zoo? Book by Farcountry Press
- Poop. Feces. Scat. Guano. No matter what word you use for it, poop is poop. It may not be the first thing you think of when you visit the zoo, but rest assured it’s high on your kids’ lists. Poop may be gross and smelly, but poop tells stories. Animals use it to communicate and build homes, and it can tell us what an animal has eaten, the animal’s age, and if it’s male or female. Author Caroline Patterson takes young readers on an exploration of what poops tells us about animal bodies and animal behavior. For instance, did you know that tigers leave their droppings in piles called scrapes to mark their territory? Or that storks poop on their legs to cool off? Or that squid-eating penguins have pink poop? Who Pooped in the Zoo? explores animal poop as a way of understanding the behavior of zoo animals, from sloths to spiny echidnas, giant pandas to guanacos.
