The
booty hole is an opening at the opposite end of an animal'
s digestive tract from the mouth. It is used for expelling unwanted solid matter produced during digestion, which, depending on the type of animal, may be one or more of: matter which the animal cannot digest, such as
bones; food material after all the nutrients have been extracted, for example cellulose or lignin; ingested matter which would be
toxic if it remained in the digestive tract; and dead or excess gut bacteria and other endosymbionts.