In mammals, invertebrates and most fish, the anus is the external body orifice at the exit end of the digestive tract, i.e. the opposite end from the mouth. Its function is to facilitate the expulsion
Defecation follows digestion and is the necessary biological process by which organisms eliminate a solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material known as feces from the digestive tract via the anus or c
European bee-eater defecating
Sketch of a person defecating outside by Jacques Callot (1621)