guano
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"Together, the chemical and material evidence we studied confirms earlier scholarship showing that guano was deliberately collected and used as a fertilizer," Dr. Bongers said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
"Our work extends the known geographic extent of guano fertilization, echoing recent findings in northern Chile, and suggests soil management began at least around 800 years ago in Peru."
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
Their guano, or dung, can also be used as fertilizer.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024
Black and white colobus monkeys also fed on the guano 65 times, and red duiker antelopes licked it 682 times.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 22, 2024
The slime was bat guano, digested vegetable matter that had been excreted by a colony of fruit bats on the ceiling.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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