While poop is decidedly not on the menu for us humans, it’s a normal food for many animals. In one study in Tanzania, scientists remarked that hooded vultures showed more interest in protein ...

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While poop is decidedly not on the menu for us humans, it’s a normal food for many animals. Scientists have observed deer snacking on Asian elephant dung, dogs and lemurs consuming human poop ...

Climate change is melting away glaciers around the world, but in the Andes Mountains, a wild relative of the llama is helping local ecosystems adapt to these changes by dropping big piles of dung.