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Wicked Blue

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Mon Jul 1, 2024, 04:03 PM Jul 2024

Arizona's 'Poozeum' Teaches Science Using Fossilized Feces

WILLIAMS, Ariz. (AP) — One way to help tell how a Tyrannosaurus rex digested food is to look at its poop.

Bone fragments in a piece of fossilized excrement at a new museum in northern Arizona — aptly called the Poozeum — are among the tinier bits of evidence that indicate T. rex wasn’t much of a chewer, but rather swallowed whole chunks of prey.

The sample is one of more than 7,000 on display at the museum that opened in May in Williams, a town known for its Wild West shows along Route 66, wildlife attractions and a railway to Grand Canyon National Park.

The Poozeum sign features a bright green T. rex cartoon character sitting on a toilet to grab attention from the buzzing neon lights and muffled 1950s music emanating from other businesses.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-poop-museum-arizona_n_6682e72de4b038babc7c7370

I believe the Poozeum will open an auxiliary branch at Mar-a-Lago

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