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
"The guano was most likely harvested from the nearby Chincha Islands, renowned for their abundant and high-quality guano deposits," Dr. Bongers said.
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
Immediately he raised taxes on the Chilean-owned guano mines, which the previous Bolivian government had promised not to do.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
It has been estimated that Texas guanos alone consume 6,600 tons of insects each year.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the "equalised" and "dissolved" guanos, which are now so largely sold, manufacturers attempt to adjust the percentage of nitrogen and phosphoric acid to what is considered the best proportion in most cases.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman
The following is a list of the more common nitrogenous and phosphatic guanos which have been used in the past or are at present in use.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman
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
Damp guanos contain more of their nitrogen as ammonia than dry ones, this being due to the fermentation which goes on in the former.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman
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