All about Dung

Educational. Astonishing. Informative. With just the right amount of humor to make this palatable. If you've not seen this, I highly recommend giving it a whirl. Being a Texas girl, I wonder now, why, the History Channel left us out. Tossing cow 'chips' is one of our favorite pastimes. :)

Amazon: All About Dung, 100 minutes. DVD © 2007. The terminology used throughout the video is limited to “dung” and “poo.” Various segments can find good use by a teacher (who has established a solid reputation in the classroom) in lessons on science, agriculture, nutrition, entomology and social studies. Grade level for various segments could vary from middle school to college. The ten sections that will cue to the DVD controls are all narrated by Monty Halls who brings some occasional machismo to parts but keeps the humor appropriate. The introduction is rather short. The first topical section on fossilized dung uses the term “coprolite” and eases the viewer into the topic and its scientific value as an indicator of food habits, etc. The third section on “Holy Cow” illustrates the extensive use and value of cow dung in the culture of the Indian subcontinent. The fourth section in Africa provides some excellent footage of the variety of dung beetles that inhabit rhino and elephant dung, as well as the Egyptian value of the scarab beetle as an object in worship. The largest amount of dung is the mountain of guano produced over time by bats; the resulting environment being a microcosm of other organisms that thrive in this ecosystem. The sixth segment traces the invention of gunpowder from saltpeter that in turn was originally derived from precipitates from excrement. The use of excrement as food includes the production of a variety of very expensive coffee from beans that pass through the digestive tract of a civet cat. The ninth segment examines how we process the huge amount of waste, with a brief vignette on the discovery of waste-born pathogens. Finally, the use of wastes as sources of biogas and other beneficial products concludes the video.

saw this show on history channel awhile ago and was talking to friends about it and saw it on amazon, had to get it! Ive watched it twice since i got it and have loaned it to friends and everyone thought it was great.

Best documentary on dung.Not a crappy bad thing to say!Very informative for those who really want to have the know!

Very interesting, and it shows one how the world recycles over and over. Good for anyone interested in the world and the enviroment.