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Seagulls cause all types of disturbances by cackling loudly, spreading guano, tearing up garbage bags and attacking to get food.
Both US and British companies mined for guano until about 1890.
This uninhabited island was claimed by the US in 1857 for its guano.
Both US and British companies mined for guano deposits until about 1890.
Tom became convinced that mining guano would be a lucrative business venture.
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Bat guano is commonly used throughout the world as a fertilizer, but it is also used as medicine.
The guano, so extensively used for manure, is full of the most beautiful infusoria, some of them splendidly iridiscent; and there is no better method of testing the genuineness of this useful substance than by the microscope.
In the second experiment, a comparative trial was made between guano and bone-dust mixed with coal ashes.
Low-grade phosphatic guanos can be mixed with coffee hulls and pulp, which contain a small amount of potash.
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The great white bat has great white guano!
A roof made of guano palm fronds will last up to 15 years, although Maya harvesters point out that the leaves must be cut when the moon is full; otherwise, the stems become susceptible to insect damage.
The Animals of these Islands, are some Hogs, Lizards, and Guanoes; and some of those Creatures mentioned in Chap. XI. which are like, but much bigger than the Guano.
Dampier observes, that no part of the globe is so well stocked with guanoes and land-tortoises as the Gallapagos. The guanoes are fat, tame, and of an extraordinary size.
These they call Guanoes, and the dung Guano, the Indian name for excrement in general. These birds, after spending the whole day in catching their food in the sea, repair at night to rest on the islands near the coast […]
The fish consumed by the guanoes, (as the fishing birds are called) are anchovies, the shoals of which are beyond all comparison.
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