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Families can take part in everything from Berserker Boot Camp to the light-hearted (and oddly popular) Poo Week, where kids recreate Viking coprolites using clay and imagination.
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David Nikel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
The team also tracked down a second upland moa coprolite that was housed in a museum.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
As previously reported, coprolites aren't quite the same as paleofeces, which retain a lot of organic components that can be reconstituted and analyzed for chemical properties.
—Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2024
The coprolites contained the remains of fish, insects and plants, and sometimes other prey animals.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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David Nikel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
The team also tracked down a second upland moa coprolite that was housed in a museum.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
As previously reported, coprolites aren't quite the same as paleofeces, which retain a lot of organic components that can be reconstituted and analyzed for chemical properties.
—Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2024
The coprolites contained the remains of fish, insects and plants, and sometimes other prey animals.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Coprolite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coprolite. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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