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HuckleB

(35,773 posts) Mon Sep 7, 2015, 11:47 PM Sep 2015

White Sand Beaches Are Made Of Fish Poop

http://grossscience.tumblr.com/post/128563222203/if-youve-ever-bathed-in-the-sun-on-a-tropical

Yup.!

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White Sand Beaches Are Made Of Fish Poop (Original Post) HuckleB Sep 2015 OP

Fascinating cantbeserious Sep 2015 #1

Someone ought to sell tickets. HuckleB Sep 2015 #2

Interesting. Never would've thought that was the reason for the snow-white beach sand. BlueCaliDem Sep 2015 #3

She's got lots of gret stuff there... TreasonousBastard Sep 2015 #4

That's kinda why I never drink water. longship Sep 2015 #5

Interesting but it's not fecal matter. dilby Sep 2015 #6

Spoil sport! n/t Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #8

Well, they're ground up coral Warpy Sep 2015 #7

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)

1. Fascinating

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Mon Sep 7, 2015, 11:58 PM

Sep 2015

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)

2. Someone ought to sell tickets.

Reply to cantbeserious (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 8, 2015, 12:00 AM

Sep 2015

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)

3. Interesting. Never would've thought that was the reason for the snow-white beach sand.

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Tue Sep 8, 2015, 12:12 AM

Sep 2015

Learn something new every day. Thanks for the info, HuckleB.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

4. She's got lots of gret stuff there...

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Tue Sep 8, 2015, 12:21 AM

Sep 2015

and it being icky and all, should get lots of kids interested in science.

(Kangaroo farts good for the atmosphere?)

longship

(40,416 posts)

5. That's kinda why I never drink water.

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Tue Sep 8, 2015, 12:39 AM

Sep 2015

"Fish fuck in it!"

William Claude Dukenfield

Another:
"I'll stop drinking as soon as I figure out a better way to get the stuff down."

My best to you.

And Skäl!

dilby

(2,273 posts)

6. Interesting but it's not fecal matter.

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Tue Sep 8, 2015, 12:40 AM

Sep 2015

It's just the stuff the fish can't digest. It's like if I swallow a dime and poop it out and give it to someone else (after cleaning it off of course), it's not like they are holding my poop, just a dime.

Ms. Toad

(34,161 posts)

8. Spoil sport! n/t

Reply to dilby (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 8, 2015, 10:15 AM

Sep 2015

Warpy

(111,529 posts)

7. Well, they're ground up coral

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Tue Sep 8, 2015, 12:52 AM

Sep 2015

It's just that fish do the grinding.

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