# What is pooping in my yard?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-pooping-in-my-yard/458875>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 5, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-pooping-in-my-yard/458875 "2008-08-05T03:19:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-pooping-in-my-yard/458875/21 "2008-08-05T21:23:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]  
_‘Who’s that pooping in my yard?  
Who’s that pooping in my yard?  
Who’s that pooping in my yard?’  
Cried the fair young maiden!_

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Get moving, you cow,  
I’m crapping right now,  
said Barnacle Bill the Sailor  
Be careful, you twit,  
don’t step in my shit,  
said Barnacle Bill the Sailor

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-pooping-in-my-yard/458875/22 "2008-08-06T00:59:04Z")

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If it’s not from raccoons, it’s from geese. Both shit a lot, and are very common in Ohio.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-pooping-in-my-yard/458875/23 "2008-08-06T01:32:09Z")

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It’s poop, dude- and you’re willing to kill an innocent animal _and_ violate the law over it?

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**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-pooping-in-my-yard/458875/24 "2008-08-06T02:53:57Z")

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[QUOTE=DrDeth]  
It’s poop, dude- and you’re willing to kill an innocent animal _and_ violate the law over it?  
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Funny…no one ever takes me seriously on this board when I’m actually being serious.

Aaaanyway… I can rule out goose poop. I have to step around the stuff every day on the local sidewalks, and am quite sure it’s not the same stuff. I’ll confidently say at this point that it’s from a raccoon. A raccoon which, I promise, will not be harmed. By me, anyway. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-pooping-in-my-yard/458875/25 "2008-08-06T03:36:41Z")

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Paging **InvisibleWombat**!!!

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