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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-have-solved-mystery-how-wombats-poop-cubes-180976898/

Bare-nosed wombats can excrete four to eight scat pieces at a time and may poop up to 100 cubes a day. After the wombat defecates, the furry critter collects the two centimeter-sized cubes and places them around their territory, possibly to communicate with other wombats or attract mates, reports George Dvorsky for Gizmodo.

I imagine it depends on whether the opposite gender finds walls sexy or not. I don't have a good feel for wombat aesthetics. Maybe they're into pyramids.

EDIT: This looks more like Stonehenge-level construction than Great Wall of China stuff going on:

https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/8e1f37a0913b48571710a43901a6d82e?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&cropH=383&cropW=680&xPos=0&yPos=7&width=862&height=485

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