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The smell of bat droppings, or guano, wafts up from the cave when the breeze is low.
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Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
Once used for shelter by the Indigenous Temuan, then for mining bat guano, the Batu Caves got their first Hindu temple, the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple, in 1891.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
In the United States alone, the report flags the exotic pet trade, live animal markets, bat guano harvesting, guinea pig and ferret farming, coyote and fox urine production, roadside zoos, animal fighting, fur farming, commercial farming and many other potentially dangerous settings.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 21 July 2024
The Comfort tower is elevated 7 feet off the ground so a truck could drive under it to collect one beneficial byproduct of the tower: guano.
—Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 13 July 2024
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Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
Once used for shelter by the Indigenous Temuan, then for mining bat guano, the Batu Caves got their first Hindu temple, the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple, in 1891.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
In the United States alone, the report flags the exotic pet trade, live animal markets, bat guano harvesting, guinea pig and ferret farming, coyote and fox urine production, roadside zoos, animal fighting, fur farming, commercial farming and many other potentially dangerous settings.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 21 July 2024
The Comfort tower is elevated 7 feet off the ground so a truck could drive under it to collect one beneficial byproduct of the tower: guano.
—Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 13 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guano
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The two Koreas have been engaged in petty Cold War-style psychological warfare since at least March, with the North having flown thousands of balloons toward the South, filled with wastepaper, cloth scraps, cigarette butts and even manure.Bradford Betz, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2024
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Horse manure—which abounded in New York and other cities until automobiles took over the streets—was a major contributor.David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
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The poop was exhaustively analyzed by a research team of more than a dozen scientists using advanced techniques, and even a synchrotron particle accelerator, to probe each piece of excrement down to the molecular level.Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 27 Nov. 2024
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The site at 1157 E. Taylor St. has faced its share of difficulties, as homeless residents previously set up camps there in squalid conditions, leaving trash, shopping carts and human excrement.Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
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Despite the official ban, about 6% of the 1140 sampling events included cattle dung.ByGeoffrey Kamadi, science.org, 10 Sep. 2024
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To paint a clearer picture of the park’s past, researchers from multiple universities analyzed the steroids present in animal dung — unearthed from lake sediments that range from around 238 B.C. to the present day.Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
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In 2024, researchers published findings in the journal Nature that showed European permaculture projects cultivated soil that sequestered significantly more carbon than what is found on nearby traditional farms.Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
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This includes tender perennials like dahlias, cannas, gladiolus, agapanthus, and elephant ears. Plants in Fluctuating Temperatures In regions with frequent freeze-thaw cycles, especially in USDA Hardiness Zones 7 and 8, soil can shift and expose roots to damage.Macie Stump, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2024
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Crow poop creates an unsightly and unsanitary mess in the economic heart of the city.Kale Williams, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
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The stunned bear proceeded to take a massive poop on the driver’s seat before shredding the interior and shattering a window.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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Also plugging into the idea of tourism as education, marine biologist Cormac McGinley runs leave-no-trace fossil discovery walks and tours of the Burren’s lunar-like landscape, which take in sea caves, ancient middens, and color-popping anemones.Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2024
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Although the bones of fish, cattle, sheep and pig were pulled out of the middens (halos of garbage dumped from the huts above), there was no evidence of human casualties.Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Guano.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guano. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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