What is the reason for all the movement when we really need to go pee? Is it a subconscious reaction to distract the mind from a full bladder, or does sloshing the pee around in your bladder make it somehow better? I would assume not, since that probably increases the physical urge that you need to go pee, but why then do we dance and hop…
Exactly, this depends on the circumstances. E.g. cats tend to bury the waste so it doesn’t smell, while other territorial animals piss on everything in sight to mark the land. Nevertheless, when an animal is jumped by another, they often drop deuces all over while hitting the road dramatically. There’s a recent-ish clip on Reddit of two hippos fighting, wherein one of them decided to do the helicopter distribution of dung in the middle of the altercation.