We're Number 2!
The National Poo Museum has opened in Britain, and organizers hope the concept doesn't stink.
The museum, located on the Isle of Wight, features 20 kinds of poo, including from elk, lion and human babies.
"To prepare the faeces for encapsulation we built a special poo drying machine," according to the museum's website. "A stick insect poo takes an hour or so to dessicate completely, but a lion poo can take a fortnight to dry!"
The museum also features "retro toilets" that allow vistors to learn some im-poo-tant fecal factoids by lifting the lids.
- Wombats are the only animal to produce cubic poo, likely to keep it from from rolling off the rocks.
- If you poo on a train in Britain, there's a 25% chance it will drop to the tracks.
- Common probiotic foods are produced using "healthy bacteria originally isolated from human poo," according to the website.
The museum claims it will "rub people's noses" in poo-related issues.
"Poo provokes strong reactions," Nigel George of the museum writes. "Small children naturally delight in it, but later we learn to avoid this yucky, disease-carrying stuff and that even talking about poo is bad. But for most of us, under the layers of disgust and taboo, we're still fascinated by it."
A similar Museum of Poop opened in Italy last year, and South Korea has "Mr. Toilet House."
The "Poo at the Zoo" in Britain will be open during the spring and summer before the exhibit goes on tour.