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Recent Examples of guanoHe was jolted out of his reverie by a whiff of guano in the breeze.—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025 If excluding the bats is a DIY job, clean up the roosting area afterwards so that guano doesn’t attract other pests such as cockroaches and flies.—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025 All that airborne guano is nature’s marine fertilizer, and scientists have been vastly underestimating how much seabird poop is actually fertilizing our oceans and coastlines.—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025 Bat guano is made from the droppings of bats that are collected from caves.—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for guano
City street cleaners had once picked up horse manure, so wasn’t this their job?
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Rachel Sugar,
Curbed,
8 Apr. 2026
Tilling is sometimes necessary, such as when incorporating compost or manure, but limiting the frequency and intensity can help maintain soil structure.
They can be sampled using standardized trapping methods worldwide, since they are easily attracted to dung and carrion, which allows for comparable data across different regions.
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Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2026
Yes, unfortunately, the ancient Irish did burn cow dung to heat their homes when peat was too expensive or not available.
Paul trained his project with 25,000 pictures of soil and connected it with an autonomous irrigation system that decides how much water the garden should receive.
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Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
Then, about 20,000 years ago the Laurentide continental glacier moved into the area, pushing rocks, soil, and other debris, eventually damming Pine Creek and forming an expansive lake.
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Anthony Fredericks,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2026
Now, fibermaxxing is coming for its glory, with the humble nutrient promising not only smoother, more satisfying poops but also benefits for metabolic health, heart health, and then some.
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Michele Ross,
SELF,
8 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, critics in the anti-dog camp, some of whom seemed to object to the very concept of urban dogs, argued the poop proposals did not go nearly far enough.