From pollution to our plates - not only is plastic found in the scat of many animals that live in the ocean and on land, but you guessed it, it’s in human poo too. Find out more about the impacts of plastics on animals - and through them, humans - in this fascinating episode of Scat Chat with WWF.

From pollution to our plates - not only is plastic found in the scat of many animals that live in the ocean and on land, but you guessed it, it’s in human poo too. Find out more about the impacts of plastics on animals - and through them, humans - in this fascinating episode of Scat Chat with WWF.

Tune in to Scat Chat with WWF-Australia, hosted by comedian Carlo Ritchie and featuring a fascinating line up of conservationists to get to the bottom of all the things that animal scat - or poo - can teach us about the animals that made it and what you can do at home to help them.

Tune in to Scat Chat with WWF-Australia, hosted by comedian Carlo Ritchie and featuring a fascinating line up of conservationists to get to the bottom of all the things that animal scat - or poo - can teach us about the animals that made it and what you can do at home to help them.

Scat Chat with WWF

Episode 6: Plastics in our poo

How do you find an animal you haven’t seen in a decade? You search for scat! For years the spectacled hare-wallaby was thought to be locally extinct in Western Australia, until the Yawuru Country Managers and other local ranger groups discovered fresh signs of wallaby poo. Make some discoveries of your own in this eye-opening episode of Scat Chat with WWF.



Featuring Pius Gregory, Cultural Environmental Project Officer, WWF-Australia and Dr Leigh-Ann Woolley, Species Conservation Manager, WWF-Australia.



We would like to thank the following partners for their support of the work mentioned in this episode:
Nyamba Buru Yawuru Aboriginal Corporation and Yawuru Country Managers
Supported by Lotterywest

How do you find an animal you haven’t seen in a decade? You search for scat! For years the spectacled hare-wallaby was thought to be locally extinct in Western Australia, until the Yawuru Country Managers and other local ranger groups discovered fresh signs of wallaby poo. Make some discoveries of your own in this eye-opening episode of Scat Chat with WWF.
 
Featuring Pius Gregory, Cultural Environmental Project Officer, WWF-Australia and Dr Leigh-Ann Woolley, Species Conservation Manager, WWF-Australia.
 
We would like to thank the following partners for their support of the work mentioned in this episode:
<ul>
<li>Nyamba Buru Yawuru Aboriginal Corporation and Yawuru Country Managers</li>
<li>Supported by Lotterywest</li>
</ul>

Episode 5: Setting our sights on the spectacled hare-wallaby

It’s the biggest poo in the world and it helps fertilise our ocean with surprising benefits. Whale poo might just be the most fascinating animal scat there is! Check out this chock-full chapter of Scat Chat with WWF to learn more about whales and the power of their poo.

We would like to thank the following partners for their support of the work mentioned in this episode:
University of California Santa Cruz.
Oregon State University.
University of Southampton.

It’s the biggest poo in the world and it helps fertilise our ocean with surprising benefits. Whale poo might just be the most fascinating animal scat there is! Check out this chock-full chapter of Scat Chat with WWF to learn more about whales and the power of their poo.
We would like to thank the following partners for their support of the work mentioned in this episode:
<ul>
<li>University of California Santa Cruz.</li>
<li>Oregon State University.</li>
<li>University of Southampton.</li>
</ul>

Episode 4: A tail of a whale

If there was a prize for the best shaped poo, wombats would take the cake thanks to their square-shaped scat. Tune in to this episode of Scat Chat with WWF to find out how wombats and their cubed poo are helping conservation efforts.

Featuring Dr Kita Ashman - Threatened Species and Climate Adaptation Ecologist, WWF-Australia

We would like to thank the following partners for their support of the work mentioned in this episode:
Charles Sturt University.
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.

If there was a prize for the best shaped poo, wombats would take the cake thanks to their square-shaped scat. Tune in to this episode of Scat Chat with WWF to find out how wombats and their cubed poo are helping conservation efforts.
Featuring Dr Kita Ashman - Threatened Species and Climate Adaptation Ecologist, WWF-Australia
We would like to thank the following partners for their support of the work mentioned in this episode:
<ul>
<li>Charles Sturt University.</li>
<li>NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.</li>
</ul>

Episode 6: Plastics in our poo

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