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How to Be a Waste Disposal Ant

Ants are a shining example of clean vior because their biology demands it. But what about other animals? I can't be alone in wondering about the different strategies animals have for going to the loo, right? Some animals youll be watching and it's just pouring out the back end, and they don't seem to care. Other animals will go to quite great lengths to go to a specific area. It's really linked to their ecology. So quite often, animals are using dung and also urinous as marking posts and territorial markets. And those strategies often mix into how theyre gointo the toilet.

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