Did you know that some artists of the Middle Ages used ear wax to color drawings, that the droppings change color according to what one breathes, that there is an island entirely made up of waste not far from California, that the viscous tentacles of the octopus grow back when they are cut, that elephant excrement can be used to make ecological paper, that the marabout uses his own urine to refresh himself, that the black widow devours her partner after mating, that certain peoples of the world savor the insects or that the Romans bleached their hair with a shampoo based on pigeon droppings? This is what makes it possible to discover this work concealing a hundred customs and astonishing facts orchestrated around excrement, vomit, snot, bugs and other "disgusting affairs" which are however part of the daily life of humans, insects or animals.