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Call of Nature: The Secret Life of Dung by Richard Jones (Hardcover, 2017)

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'a true gem' -London Naturalist 'I love this book' -Nick Baker The author completes the book with an identification guide to dung itself, so that you can identify the animal that left it behind. Pellets or pats? Scats, spraints, frass, guano, spoor learn your way around different species droppings. There's also a dung-feeder s identification guide that includes the species you re most likely to encounter on an exploration of the dung heap. 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 completes the book with an identification guide to dung itself, so that you can identify the animal that left it behind. Pellets or pats? Scats, spraints, frass, guano, spoor - learn your way around different species' droppings. There's also a dung-feeder's identification guide that includes the species you're most likely to encounter on an exploration of the dung heap.

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PublisherPelagic Publishing

ISBN-139781784271053

eBay Product ID (ePID)223553759

Product Key Features

Number of Pages303 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameCall of Nature: the Secret Life of Dung

Publication Year2017

SubjectGeography & Geosciences, Zoology

TypeTextbook

AuthorRichard Jones

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height216 mm

Item Weight480 g

Item Width138 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorRichard Jones

TopicNature, Wildlife