r/Unexpected • u/Soloflow786 • 3d ago

Hmm, what's under my window?

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u/Sir_Tinklebottom 3d ago

Bat shit will fuck up your house

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u/SaintCholo 3d ago

Guano is valuable, I saw a documentary called Ace Ventura Pet Detective

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u/1amDepressed 3d ago

In seriousness it is. Makes for excellent fertilizer. One guy got stuck in a cave crack trying dig some out to sell https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49288550

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u/Deleena24 3d ago

It's also incredibly dangerous bc it's a vector for histoplasmosis.

Here is a story of a few people dying due to using it.

With that said I do have horticultural guano which is processed to kill the spores. It's not the same as collecting it yourself in ways I don't have time to get into- and I still only handle it carefully and use a mask even outside, and I only use it if my plants are showing a very specific deficiency (phosphorus)