Eat Sh*t–A Dessert Plate for Coprophiles

Abstract

Four different kinds of excrement-copies are served on a dessert plate at the Cafeteria of Randers Regnskov (“The tropical rainforest of Randers,” Denmark). This extraordinary ichnological dish is portrayed in the following. Owing to the fact that data about appearances of the real feces are very hard to find, short descriptions of the original digestichnia are given for comparison.

Keywords:

• Digestichnia
• Recent
• Feces
• Speothos venaticus
• Morelia spilota
• Oryctolagus cuniculus
• Aves indet

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Tina de Linde and Brian Rasmussen (Randers Regnskov, Denmark), Rune Midtgaard, and the staff at the Terrariet Vissenbjerg (Vissenbjerg, Denmark) provided photographs, helpful information about the different real feces and granted the publishing of their materials used herein. Annika Krengel (Botanical-zoological garden Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Germany) provided information about bush dog excrements. Christian Klug (Zürich, Switzerland) and Ronald Böttcher (Stuttgart, Germany) helped in literature research.