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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Plants and people are opposite ends of a cycle.

People breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Plants take in carbon dioxide and put out oxygen. We need their waste and they need ours.

The same goes for using poop as fertilizer. The things we DON’T need are exactly what the plants do need.

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