{"id":3895,"date":"2021-05-24T15:21:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T13:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brokenhousecompany.it\/blog\/ilsanitario\/?p=3895"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:32:49","slug":"worlds-largest-human-poo-on-display-at-u-k-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brokenhousecompany.it\/blog\/ilsanitario\/2021\/05\/24\/worlds-largest-human-poo-on-display-at-u-k-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s largest human poo on display at U.K. museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It belongs to a Viking man<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You may not believe it, but the largest human turd ever found belongs to a Viking man, and it’s safeguarded in a museum in England, where it is on display, and scientists consider it a valuable jewel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The piece of poo is 20 cm long and 5 cm wide. Archaeologists dated it back to the ninth century. They attributed it to a Viking man in Jorvik, present-day New York, because York was formerly a Viking settlement back in the 800s. The turd has been given a name: The Lloyds Bank Coprolite, <\/em>because archaeologists recovered it in 1972 where the present Lloyds Bank is now located. Currently, the specimen stays at the York Archeological Resource Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The largest human poop ever found<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Researchers believed that the man who took the poo was having a diet that mainly consisted of meat and bread. However, the turd was found to belong to a Viking man who was sick, as authorities discovered several hundred parasitic eggs inside it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Whoever passed it probably hadn\u2019t performed for a few days, shall we say. This guy had very itchy bowels,” Gill Snape, a student conservator working with the York Archeological Trust, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1991, York Archaeological Trust employee and paleoscatologist (a real profession), Dr. Andrew Jones, made this incredible declaration: “This is the most exciting piece of excrement I’ve ever seen. In its own way, it’s as irreplaceable as the Crown Jewels”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The record-breaking turd suffered an accident in 2003, though. During a school trip to the York Archaeological Resource Centre, a teacher unintentionally broke the display, and the poo came crashing down, cracking into 3 pieces. Fortunately, the officials were able to restore it to its earlier shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, beware when you poop in the woods. Your turd may be the next world’s most famous specimen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source news18.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image Credit: Linda Spashett (Creative Commons)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n