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stuff stuff?” Michael asked Ms. Krup.
    â€œThe animals aren’t stuffed,” she told us. “The skin is mounted on its original skeleton, which is covered with wire and plaster. I try to make dead animals come to life.”
    People who make dead animals come to life are weird.
    â€œTaxidermy is cool,” said Andrea, the big brownnoser.
    â€œHey,” Ms. Krup said, “would you kids like to see a special exhibit I’m workingon? It isn’t even open to the public yet.”
    â€œSure!” we all said.
    â€œFollow me!”
    Ms. Krup led us down the hall to an unmarked door. She put a key in the lock. Then she turned the doorknob.
    â€œDon’t open that door!” I shouted.
    â€œWill you calm down, A.J.?” said Emily.
    Ms. Krup opened the door. There was a big sign on the wall. This is what it said: THE AMAZING WORLD OF POOP!

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The Amazing World of Poop
    I looked around the room. It was a whole exhibit devoted to poop! Nothing but poop! *
    â€œI never thought I’d see poop in a museum,” Emily said.
    â€œOh, poop is a fascinating part of natural history,” Ms. Krup told us.
    We all laughed, because whenever a grown-up says “poop,” you can’t help but laugh.
    Ms. Krup cracks me up!
    â€œPoop can reveal what an animal eats, how it digests food, and whether or not it’s sick,” Ms. Krup said. “Some animals use poop to tell enemies to stay away. Others use it like perfume to attract mates.” *
    â€œEw!” we all said. “Gross!”
    Ms. Krup walked around and showed us the displays she made. I had neverseen anyone who was so excited about poop.
    â€œDid you know that the most expensive coffee in the world comes from Palm Civet poop in Indonesia?” Ms. Krup asked us. “It costs a hundred and seventy-five dollars a pound.”
    â€œI’m glad my parents drink tea,” said Michael.
    â€œReally?” Ms. Krup said. “In China they make some tea from caterpillar poop.”
    â€œThat’s the last time I go to a Chinese restaurant!” I exclaimed.
    Ms. Krup showed us a picture of a sloth. “It only poops once a week,” she said.
    â€œThat happened to my dad once,” saidEmily. “He had to go to the doctor.”
    â€œA week isn’t so long,” Ms. Krup told us.“Grizzly bears may go six months without pooping.”

    â€œNo wonder they’re so mad!” I said.
    â€œAfrican elephants can produce three hundred pounds of poop every day!” Ms. Krup said.
    â€œWow!” said Andrea. “What do they do with all that poop?”
    â€œWell, in some parts of Africa and Asia, elephant poop is made into paper.”
    â€œI hope they don’t make it into toilet paper,” I said. “Because that would just be weird.”
    â€œDo you know what else is weird?” Ms. Krup said. “Rabbits eat their own poop!”
    â€œEw, disgusting!” we all shouted.
    â€œAnd termites glue their houses together with poop.”
    â€œHey, Andrea,” I said, “didn’t your dad do that to your house?”
    â€œOh, snap!” said Michael.
    â€œThat’s mean, Arlo!”
    â€œDung beetles push balls of poop around and bury it,” Ms. Krup told us.
    â€œSounds like one of Arlo’s playdates,” Andrea said.
    â€œOh, snap!” said Michael.
    â€œStorks squirt poop on their legs in hot weather to cool off,” Ms. Krup said.
    â€œSo does Andrea,” I said.
    We pushed buttons to watch cool videos of animals pooping. Did you knowthat a rhinoceros stomps on its poop and kicks it around? It’s hilarious. And some boy cranes fling buffalo poop up in the air to impress girl cranes.
    â€œDon’t even think about it, Arlo,” said Andrea.
    â€œPeople throw poop around, too,” Ms. Krup told us. “In Wisconsin they have cow chip–tossing contests. One manthrew a cow chip more than half the