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People can sicken animals
Wildlife can sometimes become infected with germs shed by people
Posted in Animals, Body & Health
Tagged biological pollution, bobcats, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, cats, clams, crabs, ecology, emerging infectious disease, explainer, feces, filter feeders, germs, marine mammals, Melissa Miller, microbe, microbiology, mollusk, mussels, Oysters, parasite, pathogen, Pollution, runoff, sea otters, terms: pets, toxoplasma, toxoplasmosis, wetlands, wildcat, wildlife
Dino-sized poop
Ewww: Scientists use poop from living animals to estimate the size of dung dropped by T. rex and other dinos
Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils
Tagged Argentinosaurus, Arizona; Karen Chin, Boulder; James Farlow, coprolite, dinosaur, dung, feces, forensic science, getinvolved, Indiana University, Mountain Sky Middle School, paleontology, Purdue University, sauropod; Karl Flessa, scat, T. rex, teacher, topstories, Tyrannosaurus rex, University of Arizona; Amber Struthers, University of Colorado
Cool Jobs: Delving into dung
Scientists uncover fascinating secrets through the study of animal feces
Posted in Animals, STEM Careers
Tagged animal navigation, animal reproduction, baboons, beetles, Brazil, Center for Conservation Biology, Cerrado, chemical markers, Chinook salmon, conservation biology, cool jobs, coprolite, Dactylanthus taylorii, diet, digestion, DNA, DNA fingerprint, droppings, dung, ecology, Emily Baird, endocrinology, excretions, feature, feces, fossils, glucocorticoid, Hades flower, hormones, kakapo, killer whale, Landcare Research, Lund University, manure, moa, New Zealand, oceanography, olfaction, orca, paleontology, pollen, Pollination, poo, poop, scat, stress, Tanzania, topstories, University of Washington, Wasser, whiskers
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