dung

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Her neighbour, 45-year-old Munni Bai, who has asthma, had switched to using an electric cooker as well as biogas from cow dung, to help her breathing.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Of particular concern are dung-feeding insects such as flies, dung beetles, and some butterflies.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2026

“Powdered stone worked. So did lizard’s blood and crocodile dung, and pig’s teeth and dolphin’s genitalia and frog’s sperm,” as psychologist Irving Kirsch later explained it.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

"I remember standing in my cowshed and saying to my wife 'one day I'm going to work for the Queen' and we were surrounded by cow dung and stalls."

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

His head was a tumult of smells—phlox in bloom, ashes, cow dung, dog, cat, hens, stagnant water.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams