# What animal poop sounds like sand hitting a metal roof?

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**Created:** [February 18, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animal-poop-sounds-like-sand-hitting-a-metal-roof/712977 "2015-02-18T05:03:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animal-poop-sounds-like-sand-hitting-a-metal-roof/712977/1 "2015-02-18T05:03:10Z")

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This one has been driving me nuts for years, the sound produced is exactly as if a handful of sand was dropped onto the roof.

I’m assuming a bird or bat(only happens at night), but it could be an arboreal animal in a tree too.

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animal-poop-sounds-like-sand-hitting-a-metal-roof/712977/2 "2015-02-18T06:26:23Z")

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What…_poop?_ I’m confused, is this actually some sort of shit hitting your metal roof?

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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animal-poop-sounds-like-sand-hitting-a-metal-roof/712977/3 "2015-02-18T06:28:27Z")

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> [@Ambivalid](#):
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> What…_poop?_

I think an animal pooping on the roof as it flies overhead, or is is over it in a tree is the most logical explanation.

Or am I being too casual, droppings or scat then if you like 🙂

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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animal-poop-sounds-like-sand-hitting-a-metal-roof/712977/4 "2015-02-18T06:48:12Z")

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Answering my own OP, I bet it could be bats.

> **[What Does Bat Poop Look Like? - Photographs and Images of Bat Guano,
     ...](http://batsintheattic.org/poop.html)**
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> What Does Bat Poop Look Like? - Photographs and Images of Bat Guano, Droppings, Feces, Waste

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> What Does Bat Poop Look Like?
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> It looks like dark brown grains of rice. Fairly uniform in size.

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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animal-poop-sounds-like-sand-hitting-a-metal-roof/712977/5 "2015-02-18T06:52:35Z")

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> [@Ambivalid](#):
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> What…_poop?_ I’m confused, is this actually some sort of shit hitting your metal roof?

I was assuming it was animal droppings yep, sounds like someone throws a handful of sand on the roof.

Doing an image search for guano convinces me this is true, warning you may not want hot chocolate mix or instant coffee again.

> **[guano - Bing](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=guano&qpvt=guano&FORM=IGRE)**
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> Intelligent search from Bing makes it easier to quickly find what you’re looking for and rewards you.