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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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Such milk is being produced in conditions where animal health is compromised, antibiotics are utilized, hormones are used to stimulate higher levels of milk production, there is an abundance of manure, and there is a corresponding high rate of pathogens.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, greens or nitrogen consist of grass clippings, kitchen waste, and manure.Lauren David, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 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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The resort itself, a modern build of canvas, stone, and walls of concrete mixed with elephant dung (an ode to the pachyderms and a textural accent) has an intimate atmosphere and just 10 suites.Tanveer Badal, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 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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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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Each transaction, in or out, adds to the number of poops.David Phelan, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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All of that poop was extensively analyzed by researchers and used to build food webs showing what the emerging dinosaur species were eating and how their diet evolved.Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 30 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 21 Dec. 2024.
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