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What can you learn from ancient poop?

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If poop is so gross, why are paleontologists so excited when they find fossilized feces of any kind? What can we learn from the deep, dark, dirty secrets hidden in what paleontologists call coprolites? Gross Science, gives us a closer look. 

There are a few ways an organism's excrement becomes a fossil. List and describe the three ways shown in this video.

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