It's Friday, November 2nd, 2018, and you're listening to Up to Date, our weekly recap of Science in the News.

I'm Kishore Hari.

We're going to change it up a little bit this week by having a short interview.

Earlier this year, I interviewed two authors on their new book called Does It Fart, which ended up becoming a New York Times bestseller.

That book was a hilarious insider's view of all of the ways that farting happens in the animal kingdom, or in some cases, doesn't happen, from the perspective of scientists who actually have heard, seen, or in some cases doesn't happen, from the perspective of scientists who actually have heard, seen,

or in some cases felt a fart.

Now, those authors, Danny Rabiotti and Nick Carusa are back with their second book called True or Pooh.

This one illustrated again by Ethan Kosek takes a wild look at sort of the

filthy kind of crazy tales of the animal kingdom. They're calling it the definitive field guide

for filthy animal facts and falsehoods. So you get some really crazy tales like Komodo dragons and

their toxic slubber, scorpions, and how they shed tails and maybe die. And do rabbits

actually eat their own poo? And plus, the sea cucumber is back for those that remember

my interview with them earlier this year. I love Danny and Nick. They're one of the more

light-hearted sets of authors you'll ever have the chance to meet. So with that, let's take a short

break. We'll be back with my interview with Danny Nick about true or poo.

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