dung

In 10 to 12 days, adults surface to feast for roughly 90 days on honeydew melon, decaying fruit, plant nectar and bird dung.

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

Students add cow dung to food scraps from class and the school cafeteria to create compost that builds soil for the gardens.

Discovered in 1895 by German explorer Hermann Eberhard, Mylodon cave contained exceptionally well-preserved remains including pieces of skin, fur and dung.

His father, Tran Dinh Dung, said in a separate interview that he did not notice anything strange with his son the last time he saw him.