eli5: Why is fecal matter so nutritious for plants if it’s considered “body waste”?

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Since poop is the solid waste that the majority of organisms produce, how is it so packed with nutrients that plants like?

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In addition to what’s said here (and maybe not strictly speaking answering the exact question asked), part of the reason poop would be bad for you if you ate is that it contains a bunch of stuff that would give you diseases that the body was trying to get out. But plants and humans are not very closely related, meaning that it’s difficult for something that infects humans to also infect a plant, and vice-versa.

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