Vicuña poop creates biodiversity hotspots as glaciers retreat rapidly

Mongabay
Feb 20, 2025, 5:54 am122 pts
The vicuña’s social habit of pooping in the same place could help Andean ecosystems adapt as glaciers rapidly retreat due to climate change. Researchers found that communal loos for vicuñas (Lama vicugna), a wild camelid relative of the llama, in barren and recently deglaciated areas in the high Andes in…

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