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  • 1. 
    What is caterpillar waste called?

  • Frass
  • Guano
  • Clods
  • Coprolites

  • 2. 
    What are fossilized feces called?

  • Guano
  • Coprolites
  • Stalagmites
  • Geodes

  • 3. 
    Which of these animals does not produce guano?

  • Cormorant
  • Gannet
  • Lemur
  • Bat

  • 4. 
    Why is guano mined?

  • For fertilizer
  • For fuel
  • For ornamental use
  • For paving roads

  • 5. 
    Which animal uses a cloud of excrement to distract predators, much as a squid uses ink?

  • Bottlenose dolphin
  • Pygmy sperm whale
  • Bluefin tuna
  • Blue-footed booby

  • 6. 
    Why do guinea pigs eat some of their feces?

  • To obtain vitamins
  • To conceal them from predators
  • To maintain a sanitary nest
  • To avoid going out to forage

  • 7. 
    The young of some species of which animal produce feces contained inside a sac of mucus, allowing the parents to easily remove the feces from the nest?

  • Rabbit
  • Bat
  • Clown fish
  • Bird

  • 8. 
    Which group of arthropods does not have members that are camouflaged by their resemblance to bird droppings?

  • Beetles
  • Moths
  • Spiders
  • Dragonflies

  • 9. 
    Why do baby elephants eat their mothers’ droppings?

  • To rid themselves of parasites
  • As a rite of passage
  • To wean themselves off of milk
  • To ingest essential gut flora

  • 10. 
    The word turd derives from which language’s word for excrement?

  • Middle English
  • Latin
  • Spanish
  • Low Saxon

  • 11. 
    Why is whale excrement important to oceanic ecosystems?

  • It brings nutrients to surface waters
  • It reduces algal blooms
  • It counteracts ocean acidification
  • It contains ambergris
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