Lugworm Poop Maps Gravity-Driven Elastic Coiling, Science Confirms Emoji Shape

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Lugworm Poop Maps Gravity-Driven Elastic Coiling, Science Confirms Emoji Shape
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Physicists show lugworms defy gravity with upward-defecating poop whose shape follows elastic rope-coiling physics, explaining why the poop emoji’s cone form emerges from gravity and suggesting biology leverages basic physical laws rather than requiring special biological design.

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