SuitabookEvidence from animal waste
Scat can provide information about an animal’s sex, age, diet and health without capturing or endangering it.
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Ginger Wadsworth - Author
A lively introduction to conservation science, using dogs’ extraordinary sense of smell to make animal biology tangible. The scat-centred premise is deliberately attention-grabbing and may particularly appeal to readers fascinated by dogs, wildlife or gross subjects.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA lively introduction to conservation science, using dogs’ extraordinary sense of smell to make animal biology tangible. The scat-centred premise is deliberately attention-grabbing and may particularly appeal to readers fascinated by dogs, wildlife or gross subjects.
Scat can provide information about an animal’s sex, age, diet and health without capturing or endangering it.
Expect explicit discussion of animal faeces and other bodily scents, including urine, vomit and mucus. Fieldwork may involve wildlife settings such as bear territory.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.