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Largest poo ever recorded shows diet of man responsible over a thousand years later

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Updated 14:24 30 Mar 2023 GMT+1Published 19:59 29 Mar 2023 GMT+1

Largest poo ever recorded shows diet of man responsible over a thousand years later

The largest poo ever was found in York back in the 1970s, having lain untouched for around a millennium

Tom Wood

Tom Wood

Featured Image Credit: Jorvik Viking Centre

Topics: UK News, Weird, Science, Food And Drink

Tom Wood
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The largest poo ever recorded is more than 1,000 years old and offers a fascinating insight into the diet of the people from that time.

It might sometimes seem like science is a bit hard to grasp and obtuse, but there’s nothing arcane about this bit of research.

After all – as the popular book states – everybody poops.

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Well, not like this they don’t, actually.

This poo is seriously large – it’s around 20 centimetres long and five centimetres wide, and it’s thought to have come from the bum of a real Viking, which really puts us in touch with the history of Britain.

It was discovered in York around half a century ago, and has been traced all the way back to the ninth century.

As you can see, it's a very interesting specimen.
Jorvik Viking Centre

York Archaeological Trust dug up the monstrous turd in 1972 and it has been sitting in pride of place in a museum since then.

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Of course, scientists were also interested as well as the historians, as testing the ancient leavings could offer some interesting insights into the diet of the person who created it.

The poo – known professionally as a paleo-faeces or coprolite – was just waiting to be discovered for more than 1,000 years at the site, which later became a Lloyds Bank.

Make of that what you will.

So, onto the s***ty science.

The researchers have discerned that the poo most likely came from a Viking bloke, and that bloke had a diet made up primarily of meat and bread, as the poo is ‘moist and peaty’.

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Great, thanks for that turn of phrase.

Not only was the Viking man poorly nourished, he also had a load of parasitic intestinal worms, as evidenced by the hundreds of eggs discovered in the poop.

It is believed that a Viking - not this one - was responsible for this impressive piece of s***.
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Gill Snape, a student conservator at the York Archaeological Trust, had previously said: "Whoever passed it probably hadn't performed for a few days, shall we say.

“This guy had very itchy bowels."

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Back in 1991, another very excited scientist discussed the poo, and how important it is.

Dr Andrew Jones said: “This is the most exciting piece of excrement I've ever seen. In its own way, it's as irreplaceable as the Crown Jewels."

Despite having sat for a millennium underground, the s*** really hit the fan in 2003 when it split into three pieces.

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It was reportedly knocked to the floor by a passing teacher, there to study it.

Luckily, they managed to stick it back together and it remains on display - to all those fascinated by faeces - to this day.

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