Can anyone help What is Guano I hear it is something to do with Birds
2007-04-18 03:04:08 · 19 answers · asked by alan b 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
Guano (from the Quechua 'wanu', via Spanish) is the name given to the collected droppings of seabirds, bats, and seals. It is highly prized as an effective fertilizer or gunpowder ingredient due to its high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen. Superphosphate made from guano is used for aerial topdressing. Soil that is deficient in organic matter can be made much more productive by addition of this manure. Guano consists of ammonia, along with uric, phosphoric, oxalic, and carbonic acids, as well as some earth salts and impurities. The high concentration of nitrates also made guano an important strategic commodity; in fact, the War of the Pacific between the Peru-Bolivia alliance and Chile was primarily based upon Bolivia's attempt to tax Chilean guano harvesters.
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2007-04-18 03:20:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guano is the accumalated excretment of birds, bats, and seals. It is not just from bats nor is it just a dropping or two.
2007-04-18 10:12:18 · answer #2 · answered by Born2Bloom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guano is bat droppings.
2007-04-19 02:05:01 · answer #3 · answered by brian529@btinternet.com 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's thick layers (strata) of poop from either (sea)birds or bats or seals.
Other creatures too, but these are the main producers for the fertilizer industry.
2007-04-18 10:27:31 · answer #4 · answered by Icteridae 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bird dookie.
2007-04-18 10:12:03 · answer #5 · answered by surffsav 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The droppings (feces) of not only bats, but seabirds and seals.
2007-04-18 10:10:26 · answer #6 · answered by erinn83bis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bird Poop
2007-04-18 12:01:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad droppings that they use as a fertiliser.
2007-04-20 08:12:08 · answer #8 · answered by rann_georgia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a DELICIOUS fruit! Best enjoyed with a white wine......
2007-04-18 10:21:30 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
bird or any kind of animal droping
2007-04-18 10:13:37 · answer #10 · answered by STEVEN L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋