B.C. researchers are asking the public to send in feces from hummingbirds to determine their health which they say could help measure one of the indicators of a healthy planet.

They’re also asking those who are able to send in any hummingbird feces they collect.

“It sounds like a strange thing, but we have sparked this investigation of hummingbirds because they are such great pollinators,” said Lisa Wood, an associate professor and researcher at UNBC.

Wood says they are looking into the interactions