The Accidental Discovery Inside Sea Urchin Poop

Fascinating Fails host Maren Hunsberger chats with Dr. Reina Veenhof about what she accidentally discovered inside sea urchin poop, and why baby kelps love it so much!

[c.a.parker]

I adore the wackiness of this whole conversation ❤❤❤

[requiemforameme]

So hypothetically, if you left a tiny environmentally safe cowboy hat around a sea urchin…

[pengindoramu]

Crazy how many discoveries are happy little accidents

[GreenPoint_one]

So urchins eat kelp and help it to reproduce? :o

[firstname]

But how do they put their hats on?? Little urchin arms come out from underneath?? 😱

[offthewall]

a profound statement we can all live by, said a chronic hoarder somewhere sometime

[cosmicquetzal]

"Boycott sham poo we demand real poo!" ~ Kelp parents

[DarkBlueMemories]

Ah, the all organic metaphor for the dating scene being a shit show.

[bwayagnes]

Do the hats count as tool use? I’ve always been interested in animals that have a concept of clothes/tools

[FLra_favvn]

Yeah urchins are cute and all but they're only cute when they stay in the correct ecosystem and don't massacre entire kelp forrests

[Mohotashi]

Keep Calm and "Always Keep the Poo"

[sharonkaczorowski]

Amazing…I know about land animals spreading plants via poop, but not about the marine version! Poop, the new dating app, lol!

[stressoespresso]

The best discoveries are always accidental

[carlsoll]

Dang O.O That Urchin Girl is Really Smart! Growing Up In SW Florida, I’d bump into Manatees & Stingrays. Hardly any Sea Urchins :| Shame :/

[krystleyoung]

🎶everything comes down to poo🎶 - scrubs

[Delcaniner]

Well true beauty comes from the inside... :D

[SixOhFive]

Please please please get a new host!!!!