by Neil Doherty

“The Streaked Shearwaters… were pooping every four to 10 minutes… losing perhaps 5 percent of their body mass hourly.”
—Scientific American

Every day this bird alas
Poops away its body mass.
Now I admit, that’s quite a lot.
But is it news? I think it’s not.
Sullied sailors down below
Knew all about it long ago.