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Call of Nature

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

Call of Nature

By Richard Jones

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Journey through the digestive systems of humans, farm and wild animals, and meet some of nature's ultimate recyclers as they eat, breed in and compete for dung. The fall of bodily waste onto the ground is the start of a race against the clock as a multitude of dung-feeders and scavengers consume this rich food source. From the enigmatic dung-rolling beetles to bat guano and giant elephant droppings, dung creates a miniature ecosystem to be explored by the aspiring dung watcher.The author complet...Show more

Nature and the natural world: general interest

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9781784271053

Publisher

Pelagic Publishing

Published year

2017

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1

Original title

Call of Nature

Format

Hardcover

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