Could someone please help me settle a bet...Its a weird one, but here
it is.  At what temperature does poop leave the body?  Is there some
reaction going on in the body, or physical property, that would make
poop have a different temparture?  Also, maybe a brief explaination of
how food becomes poop would be helpful.  Sorry, I know this is a odd
question, but where else would I find this out?

Dear mrtrivia-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.

I don’t think it’s an odd question at all. In fact, as a researcher,
my rule of thumb is that any question whose answer we are likely to
learn from is a valid and worthy of further research.

To be honest, I doubt that I could paraphrase this site and provide
you with a better fundamental picture of how the body turns food into
fecal matter than this site does:

DISCOVERY KIDS
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000126.html

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/yuckystuff/poop/js.index.html

As for the temperature of feces at the time of it’s departure, one
could very well argue that the decomposition process could easily
generate a temperature a bit higher than the body’s normal 98.6F, but
not much. Since the body is always auditing itself for temperature
control (internally as well as externally) it regulates in order to
maintain a temperature as close to 98.6F as it can at all times.
Anything significantly higher than this can be indicative of fever.
Therefore, if any rise is temperature in the digestive system directly
related to normal digestion does occur, it is minimal. Since fecal
matter contains water absorbed from the body that has been warmed to
98.6F, it is logically safe to assume that the temperature of feces
(or any material that has spent a great deal of time inside the body,
for that matter) being expelled from the body is also roughly 98.6F.

Don’t let the name fool you. DISCOVERY has a long and respected
reputation as a provider of credible and reliable information. The
fact that this particular portion of the site targets questions from
younger people is of little consequence. DISCOVERY has put the
information on the site into a reasonable, laymen’s explanation that
is easier for young people to understand. The facts are the same
nevertheless.



Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga



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Human digestion

Complete digestive process

Great.  Thanks.