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Call of Nature : The Secret Life of Dung Hardback Book

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At a Glance
Fascinating insight into decomposers
Explores digestive systems deeply
Chronicles dung beetle lives
Hardcover coffee table format
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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. Theres also a dungfeeder 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 natures 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 dungfeeders and scavengers consume this rich food source. From the enigmatic dungrolling 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. Theres also a dungfeeders identification guide that includes the species youre most likely to encounter on an exploration of the dung heap.

SKU: M9781784271053
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Binding: Hardback;303 pages; Publisher: Pelagic Publishing - IPSUK; Classification: WN; Weight: 602 g; Dimensions: 221 x 141 x 31

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