It may sound gross, but poop can tell you a lot about an animal’s health. Join the Smithsonian’s Great Cat Curator to learn how and why they collect lion poop and why it’s sparkly! ---- If you enjoyed ...

A lot of things will lie to you in your life, but not poop. Close examination of animal scat will help you identify not only the species but how recently the animal was there, its sex, what it ate, ...