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Recent Examples of guanoThe team is also working on restoring the habitat across the island, which was stripped of all its vegetation during its time as an erstwhile guano mining spot.—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 17 Apr. 2025 How does seeing that black mold and guano in person change the story for you?—Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2025 Finally, liquid bat guano and liquid earthworm castings (guano and castings are euphemisms for excrement) are also utilized for foliar fertilization.—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2025 Clinicians need to ask about bat guano exposure in cannabis growers to discuss preventive measures and establish timely diagnoses.—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for guano
Refill it with native soil and some compost (and even some aged manure) prior to planting.
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Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Oct. 2025
It is released by wastewater treatment facilities, meat processing facilities, petroleum refining, manufacturing of asphalt and roofing material, and places where large quantities of manure are stored.
Evidence of damage includes chewed, cut or missing leaves; yellowing or brown leaves; white webbing and green-black excrement on or around the plant, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
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Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
Dark spots about the size of an asterisk which are bed bug excrement and may bleed on fabric like a marker.
And like the wildebeest, bison dung packs a nutritional punch when deposited across the landscape.
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Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
29 Aug. 2025
Decades before Colorado’s best singers, dancers and actors graced the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in downtown Denver, workers pushed brooms across the stage to clean up elephant dung, rodeo sawdust, and blood spatters from boxing matches.
In East Chisenbury, sheep dominated the feast, and while the midden contained hundreds of thousands of animals, research showed they were, in contrast, locally sourced.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
At others middens, livestock was reared locally, according to the study.
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