Ford steps into the battle against bird poo

Ford of Europe has invented fake bird poo so it can test the durability of its paintwork. Bird poo can be one of the most damaging environmental elements to automobile paintwork as the acidity can eat through the coating. To try to combat this, Ford created a variety of lab-created synthetic droppings to cover the different diets of Europe’s birdlife. What a bird eats affects the acidity of the waste, Ford of Europe research found.