8. Monkey Poop
If you thought mountain lions on treadmills was a bizarre way to study animals, then studying why monkeys throw their poop is likely to be higher on the bizarre scale. Back in 2011, The Yerkes National Primate Research Center was given $592,527 to find out why our hairy cousins use this rather disgusting form of communication.
While the center has studied around 3,400 primates to assist in this most filthy of habits, the conclusion they came to about how this behavior translates as a form of communication was hilarious. The ‘reason’ they concluded that apes are so eager to fling their feces, is simply to get a reaction from the person receiving a face full of crap.
