droppings

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"Colonial-era writings we studied report that communities across coastal Peru and northern Chile sailed to several nearby islands on rafts to collect seabird droppings for fertilization."

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

"It is illegal to market products that expose babies to health risks," it added, comparing cereulide to mouse droppings.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Arakawa was found to have died on or around Feb. 11 from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a very rare disease that is spread by infected rat droppings or saliva.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 19, 2026

“The whole place was filled with his tiny presence,” Mr. Nicolson writes, amused to find the pen he picks up sticky with its droppings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The courtyard with its benches and cracked cobblestone ground is spattered with black-and-white bird droppings and filled with green-and-white uniforms and brown legs and shiny loafers, running and screaming and pushing and jumping.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender