Moving one's bowels is part of the normal
digestive process for most animals;
after nutrients are extracted from food
and liquid, waste is eliminated as *****
and feces. Human stool, when healthy,
is usually made up of about 70-percent
solids and 30-percent fluids, Kim Barrett,
a professor of medicine at the University
of California, San Diego, told Live Science.
Personal bowel habits notwithstanding,
on average, both men and women move
their bowels about once per day and
produce a daily average of 14 to 17 ounces
(400 to 500 grams) of feces, Barrett said.
Researchers have even identified the speed
at which humans generally produce their poo:
about 0.8 inches (2 centimeters) per second,
Live Science previously reported. Constipation —
being unable to move one's bowels —
can lead to longer, or more uncomfortable
bathroom sessions. However, the amount
of time a person typically dedicates
to unobstructed defecation is about 12 seconds per stool,
and is uniform across many animal species
regardless of their size, according to David Hu,
an associate professor of mechanical engineering
and biology at the Georgia Institute of
Technology and Patricia Yang, a Georgia Tech
doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering.
The amount of poo produced by a single person
starts to add up when you calculate ****
production over years and decades.
Starting with an average daily amount of about
14 ounces (400 grams), the total ****
production in a week's time would
be about 6 lbs. (2.8 kilograms). In a year, a single person
would yield about 320 lbs. (145 kg) of ****
— just a little more than an adult panda weighs.
In the U.S., the average life expectancy
for men is about 76 years old, and for women,
it is around 81 years old. Therefore,
a man living to age 76 would produce about
24,320 lbs. (11,030 kg) of **** over his lifetime,
and a woman living to age 81 would produce
about 25,920 lbs. (11,757 kg) — so a lifetime
of a woman's **** weighs about
as much as three adult male hippos.
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