Zoo of Poo
Pioneering authentic scientific research in education to inform improvements in zoo animal welfare
An authentic science community
of zoos & school citizen scientists,
led by real research scientists, co-delivering
an awesome vision for animal welfare
& science education & entrepreneurship
for now & the future.
1. To immerse students in an authentic entrepreneurial science endeavour and community where their work is central to the creation of an authentic knowledge network that contributes to real-world animal conservation outcomes.
2. To improve our understanding of the importance of the hindgut microbiome in zoo animal welfare, and share this knowledge among all program participants to assist with animal conservation.
3. To energise communities around zoos, education, and science, to promote deeper cooperation and improved appreciation of the value of science for all lives on the planet.
Inside your gut are more microbes than your own cells in your body! This amazing community of gut microbes is called the microbiome. The microbiome is very important to the health of any animal.
The microbiome of an animal responds to things like stress, a change in diet and many other factors we are only just learning about.
The Zoo of Poo project researches microbiomes of certain zoo animals to increase our knowledge, and help zoo keepers to improve their care for animals into the future.
WANT TO BE PART OF SOMETHING AWESOME???
HERE'S HOW TO GET YOUR SCHOOL
INTO THE POO!
REGISTER as a
ZOO OF POO
MEMBER SCHOOL
2026 membership is just $375+GST
More details about our Zoo of Poo 2027 MEMBER SCHOOL program is coming soon!
Really like your Stage 5 & 6 students to get their hands dirty?
Contact us about one of our Zoo of Poo
ZOO INSIDE THE ZOO
MICROBIOME SEQUENCING WORKSHOPS
where students go behind the scenes to learn from the Zoo Keepers, work with Research Scientists to extract DNA and generate their own
BIG DATA from tiny microbes!
The Zoo of Poo is aligned with Quantal Bioscience's vision of using the latest scientific innovation to cultivate our deep knowledge of important microbiomes that contribute to all of our life on land and life below water, while providing quality education that equips young people with the latest knowledge, technology and skills, and that model for them their entrepreneurial application, especially to the achievement of sustainable development goals, including these five Global Goals of the United Nations.
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We acknowledge the Bidjigal people of the Darug Nation who are the traditional owners of the land on which we work,
and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
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