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Wombats use square feces to send messagesCEFR A1

22 Dec 2025

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Adapted from Alla Katnelson-Cornell, Futurity • CC BY 4.0

Photo by BehindTheTmuna, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
2 min
83 words
  • Wombats live mostly alone and are active at night.
  • They leave poop in shared places called latrines.
  • Their poop is square in shape, not round.
  • Square poop does not roll down hills or slopes.
  • Wombats often put poop near logs and rocks.
  • Wombats have a strong sense of smell.
  • The poop carries different chemical smells for each animal.
  • Other wombats come and sniff the poop for information.
  • Researchers moved poop and watched with cameras nearby.
  • This shows poop may help wombats to communicate.

Difficult words

  • latrine — a shared place where animals leave their poop
    latrines
  • square — having four equal straight sides and corners
  • slope — land that goes up or down
    slopes
  • sniff — to smell something with the nose
  • chemical — a substance that has a special smell or effect
  • communicate — to send or get information between animals

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Discussion questions

  • Do you like animals that are active at night?
  • Have you ever seen animal poop in nature?
  • Do you use your nose to smell things?

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