guano

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Their guano, or dung, can also be used as fertilizer.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

The seabirds' droppings, known as guano, carry nitrogen and phosphorus, important nutrients that leach into the surrounding seas fertilising surrounding coral reef environments.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2024

Over 2 years, the apes ate guano at least 92 times on 71 different days, cementing the first report of wild primates eating bat guano.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 22, 2024

According to the peer-reviewed study, which features in the Nature journal, guano is an "alternative source of crucial minerals" for the animals after the the palm trees they once consumed were "harvested to extinction".

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2024

Also, letting me go would free him to play with guano all day.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs