# penguins **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 27, 2000, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/8066 "2000-02-27T17:30:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mellonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@mellonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mellonhead)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2000, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/8066/1 "2000-02-27T17:30:00Z")
This is going to sound like a really dumb question, but I’ve been wondering: What does penguin poop look like? Is it runny like other birds, or does it have a more solid consistancy? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigRoryG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigRoryG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigRoryG)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2000, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/8066/2 "2000-02-27T17:57:00Z")
More importantly, what is it called? ( see Cecil’s column on the naming of animal turds.) * * * “Mmmmm, 64 slices of American Cheeeeese” – Homer Simpson If you need a graphic solution, [http:\ alk.to\Piglet](http://talk.to%5CPiglet) ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/8066/3 "2000-02-28T06:01:00Z")
Y’all just keep your noses out of my “business”, okay? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/8066/4 "2000-02-28T06:06:00Z")
I couldn’t find a picture or description of a penguin turd, but here is the [Penguin Cam](http://www.montrealcam.com/en-biodome.html) at the Montreal Biodome. I guess maybe if you watch it long enough… Some info on the critters from [SeaWorld](http://www.seaworld.org/penguins/pageone.html). They have [another Penguin Cam](http://www.seaworld.org/Penguins/penguincam.html). And [here](http://www.pinn.net/~efm/peng004.html) are a bunch of penguin links. And there are yet [more](http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Outdoors/Wildlife/Birds/Penguins/) penguin links. Happy krill trails! ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/8066/5 "2000-02-28T06:07:00Z")
Yeah, the question did cause me to think of you, **opus**. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/8066/6 "2000-02-28T00:06:00Z")
mellonhead, I’m sitting here, wondering why in the world you would be curious about the consistency of penguin poop?? It’s just not something I’ve ever worried about… * * * and the stars o’erhead were dancing heel to toe ---
**Author:** ![mellonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@mellonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mellonhead)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/8066/7 "2000-02-28T06:05:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by jti: > \*\*mellonhead, > > why in the world you would be curious about the consistency of penguin poop?? > \*\* I got into my car yesterday and noticed a huge accumulation of bird droppings on my windshield…it made me wonder what penguin poop looked like - you know, larger birds and all. I guess you could expand the question to: what does the poop of LARGE birds look like? - bald eagle, emu, ostrich, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Jorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorge)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/8066/8 "2000-02-28T07:27:00Z")
There’s a book you might want, then… _“What Bird Did That ?”_, a humorous but accurate study of windshield bird droppings. Sorry, no penguins, though; just a few of the more common US species. ---
**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/8066/9 "2000-03-03T23:02:00Z")
## I work at an aquarium. Judging from the white splotches in the penguin habitat, I’d say it’s pretty much the same as gull poop or tern poop – think pigeon poop, and scale up appropriately. It’s not logs, like geese, if that’s what you’re wondering. “The dawn of a new era is felt and not measured.” Walter Lord ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/8066/10 "2000-03-03T23:18:00Z")
What’s invisible, and smells like fish? Penguin farts. * * * AskNott "Measure twice, cut once. Dang! Measure again, cut again.