I think alot of this is also true of the doodoo of the CORPORATE PETREL
and the GOVERNMENT PETREL. Territorial behavior occur in all species;
it is just manifests in different ways.

;-)
Jane Stewart
Research Center
Foster Pepper & Shefelman
206.447.2811 t
206.447 9700 f
stewj at foster.com

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>The doodoo of the ACADEMIC PETREL can be toxic when spread beyond the
>species' home territory (usually cloistered, ivy-covered grounds). This is
>especially the case when the bird is suffused with the puffery associated
>with competition among its peers for territorial domination.
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>Some birds become disoriented and make foul-smelling deposits, far from
>their home territories, that appear to some like overripe nougats, but
>others mistake for kernels of wisdom. A few humans collect and even cherish
>this odious material, unaware that it was produced to foster inter-species
>hegemony.
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>David Beatty
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>DJ Beatty
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