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The poop marketing campaign of DierenPark Amersfoort has yielded just a few hundred luggage of pet turds, a spokesperson reviews. The excrement is utilized by the zoo for scientific analysis, Sunday was the final day of the gathering marketing campaign.
The spokesperson calls the motion “profitable”. Not solely canine and cat faeces had been handed in, but additionally, for instance, geckos and parakeets. Some folks even included letters written “by the animal in query,” the spokesperson says.
The zoo collaborates with the Tutorial Heart for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), which examines the faeces. Amongst different issues, it ought to present details about whether or not herbivores have completely different enzymes (proteins) than carnivores.
On the entrance of the animal park there was a big field the place folks may hand within the excrement. The turds needed to be in a sandwich bag or canine poop bag. That bag may then be positioned in a resealable bag with a zipper closure, with a sticker with the animal species and breed on it.
