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GUANO (a
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Spanish word from the Peruvian huanu, dung)  , the excrement of birds, found as large deposits on certain islands off the
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coast of
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Peru, and on others situated in the
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Southern ocean and off the
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west coast of
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Africa . The large proportions of
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phosphorus in the
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form of
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phosphates and of
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nitrogen as ammonium oxalate and urate renders it a valuable fertilizer .
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Bat's
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guano, composed of the excrement of bats, is found in certain caves in New
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Zealand and elsewhere; it is similar in
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composition to Peruvian guano .

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