:''For the Coil album, see [[Scatology (album)]].''
In [[medicine]] and [[biology]], '''scatology''' or '''coprology''' is the study of [[feces]]Poop is smelly most of the time and sometimes is green or purple. It is bad to eat poo poo because it makes your face very not happy. Scatological studies allow one to determine a wide range of biological information about a creature, including its [[diet (nutrition)|diet]] (and thus [[habitat (ecology)|where it has been]]), [[health]]iness, and [[disease]]s such as [[tapeworms]]. The word derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] σκωρ ([[genitive]] σκατος, [[Modern Greek|modern]] σκατά) meaning "feces".
In [[psychology]], a scatology is an obsession with [[excretion]] or [[excrement]], or the study of such obsessions. (See also [[coprophilia]]).
