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What can you learn from studying an animal's scat?

  • Written by Verity Mathis, Mammal Collections Manager, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
A bear leaving its calling card.Dean Harvey/Flickr, CC BY

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What can you learn from studying an animal’s scat? – Cora, age 9, Brookline, Massachusetts

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