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I cant stop thinking about the fact that at some point during evolution there is some poor soul that was the first creature to ever poop. Could you imagine how traumatic it must have been to be the first living creature ever to have to poop :)
@nus Probably not very many.. but I assure you what few brain cells it had were very confused :)
@freemo "I'm going to my grave with this one" - the first amoeba
@nus hahaha Someone needs to do a comic about the first amoeba :)
@freemo I'd to take a crack at it, but let's face it, I might not be good enough to draw that amoeba
@nus If there is one thing XKCD has proved its that you dont need drawing skills :)
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Pooping is more important for living than feeling. I think the first creature that was the first pooping one couldn't actually feel the pooping pain.
@Timurkaa Most likely the first creature to poop didnt think much of it. If i had to guess it was some multicellular creature who just happened to create a cavity to capture the waste and reclaim some water or other resource from it. It likely wouldnt have developed any sensory nerves to detect or know its pooping till later in its evolution.
@freemo I love the way you illustrate it as an amazing experience. I think the "pooping" as you know it evolved very gradually. IIRC, even single cells eject material, so there's a long path from there.
@cobratbq yea, I am not defining pooping as just the expulsion of waste, that happens at every level. I am referring to pooping as the storing of waste in a sack that gets released at some later point. It presumes multicellular and the first evolution of a digestive tract. My guess is the first real poop was little more than a sack where cellular waste was collected so some water or other resource can be reclaimed before ejection.
@freemo you have a nice neutral way of expressing. This topic can be made "colorful" in so many ways.
Haha, I try :)
@freemo which came first - the pooping or the pissing? ๐
Tardigrade: Just hold it.
@freemo All the data indicates it felt 10 pounds lighter
@freemo how many brain cells would this creature have to process the trauma?
If I was the first to ever poop, it would take me at least a month. But they have way fewer brain cells than me, so I can only assume it would take a few trillion years or so