Next thing you know they'll prove that bears crap in the woods.
Too late, I think they already have. There was an article over the summer this year about research showing that a significant amount of the "organic pollutants" in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (well over half if I recall correctly) was from wild animal waste. They were testing DNA, thinking they could get farmers on the hook for it, but found instead bear, deer, canadian geese, etc.
Maybe they'll prove that tall people can reach higher than short people though - that sounds like a solid basis for scientific study... LOL!