The cortisol pooping thing comes up in Sapolsky's work on stress, though it's more like "we don't got time/resources to digest food right now, evacuate the bowels and run away from the tiger!" in response to extreme stress than an ongoing situation iirc.
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The cortisol pooping thing comes up in Sapolsky's work on stress, though it's more like "we don't got time/resources to digest food right now, evacuate the bowels and run away from the tiger!" in response to extreme stress than an ongoing situation iirc.