guano
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Their collective body heat raises the cave’s temperature to a sweltering 106°F, and the piles of guano beneath them are deep enough to bury the Statue of Liberty to her waist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
"Our evidence suggests guano was central to the Chincha Kingdom's success, with the Chincha's maritime knowledge and access to the Chincha Islands likely reframing their strategic importance in the region."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
Their guano, or dung, can also be used as fertilizer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024
Researchers have discovered a new avenue by which viruses may spread from bats to other mammals: in bat guano eaten by chimpanzees and other animals.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 24, 2024
It was the one where Kehaar used to shelter and the lobby at the mouth was still cluttered with guano.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
It has been estimated that Texas guanos alone consume 6,600 tons of insects each year.
From Time Magazine Archive
In long lines, as on Denderah's architraves, were bas-reliefs of beetles, turtles, ant-eaters, armadilloes, guanos, serpents, tongueless crocodiles:—a long procession, frosted and crystalized in stone, and silvered by the moon.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
Manures were found to be of increased value when mixed, and guanos were introduced.
From How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success by Major A.R. Calhoon
The Saldanha Bay, and other similar deposits, have been exhausted, and few guanos of equally good quality have been lately discovered.
From Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Thomas Anderson
Maracaïbo and Monks guanos come from the coast of Venezuela.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman
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