Sentences with phrase «faecal pellets»
These middens of accumulated faecal pellets and a brown tar - like substance known as hyraceum (a urinary product composed of organic elements, soluble salts, and carbonates; Leon and Belonje 1979) trap plant material, pollen, and animal remains.
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Faecal pellets show that the rabbits feed on the leaves of alpine eucalyptus trees, also known as snow gums, when the grass is buried by snow in winter.
«The faecal pellets don't bounce or roll, so there's no dispute about how far they can shoot,» says Weiss.
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Balazs and his colleagues report in the current issue of the Marine Pollution Bulletin how 300 pellets a day were washing up on Kualoa Beach: «A general review of data for tidal cycles, moon phases, wind speed and direction, and surf conditions failed to identify any consistent correlation with the erratic fluctuations in daily faecal counts.»