I've been thinking of late about this wonderful guest post on this blog from a few years back. In it, one Poopy Longstocking compared her defecations to beached sea animals.
Now, my apartment got a new toilet late last year. It's a pretty good toilet - comfartable to sit on, more efficient (fills up real quick), etc. But one drawback is that it's shallower.
I have oft remarked here about the 2nd dump of the morning usually being a major one. And it is those dumps that make me also think about a beached whale.
Because of their volume and the shallowness of the t bowl, they commonly break the surface. And it turns out that shits that break the surface are ones that you can smell much better (see also the Euro toilets that have you shitting not into water but onto a board).
So rather than needing to visually check and see if they've breached the medium, I can tell quickly by the more potent smell.
And this is how my whales are beaching, thank you.
