excrete
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To understand how reptiles manage to excrete these crystals safely, Jennifer Swift and her research team analyzed urates from more than 20 species.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2025
He’s heard that by exposing it to the perfect cheeseball pop song — upbeat, sincere — it will excrete a natural hallucinogenic: a profitable slime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
They are also essential to the preservation of tropical forests, with 70 to 90 percent of their tree species depending on frugivores to eat, spread and excrete their seeds.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2024
A handful of labs are studying bats from other genera, and initial findings suggest they have varying abilities to excrete and transmit the pandemic virus.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 4, 2023
I looked up as I ran under some trees, otherwise peafowl might excrete on me.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
When water is lost, the body also excretes key electrolytes such as potassium and sodium.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025
While slurping, the insect excretes a substance that weakens the tree's defenses and causes damage that impedes the flow of nutrients between root and crown, he said.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2024
She added that researchers have yet to find a species that, when infected, excretes much live virus in its feces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
It excretes a sticky substance called honeydew that can collect on outdoor furniture.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
“He excretes in prodigious amounts, Karen, not seen on the earth since prehistoric times when dinosaurs let fly,” Ben said.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
He explains that if you eat too much, it has to be excreted by the kidneys and liver which can become overloaded.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Most of it doesn’t get metabolized, meaning that we don’t extract energy from it, and it passes through and is excreted in the stool,” Fetter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
Similarly, betalains, the pigments responsible for rich reds and yellows, offer detoxifying and anti-inflammatory benefits but are excreted by the body without a visible effect on skin tone.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2025
They also showed that about 30% of the seeds excreted by woodlice and earwigs remained viable.
From Science Magazine ● May 8, 2024
In order for the toxic compound to be excreted in the urine, it first has to bind with available molecules of glucose or amino acid.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Camels help it spread by eating the pods and excreting them far and wide.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025
He was excreting things he had never seen in his stool before and feeling things he had never felt before.
From Salon ● May 18, 2025
Researchers have long known that mammals and birds can play a key role in spreading seeds, often by eating fruit and then excreting the seeds.
From Science Magazine ● May 8, 2024
It also is exceptional at urination, excreting the human equivalent of 2,500 gallons of urine a day.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023
When I had finally finished excreting stress hormones, I said, “Don’t tell Babou. Or my dad.”
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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