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The digital pets, which need attending to when they are hungry, sick or have defecated on the virtual floor, grow up as users care for them -- but can die if they are neglected.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

Between us, we have defecated in cat holes, WAG bags, and oil drums alongside service members of different genders and sexual identities.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2025

The scientists have fed the bats pawpaw fruit and, once the bats have defecated on the tarpaulin, they take swabs of the bright orange droppings and store them in test tubes.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2023

“People have defecated on it, thrown up on it,” said Christopher Mitchell, a pink-haired busker.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2017

Breathing dust from places where rats dwell or drinking water in which rodents have defecated are the main modes by which humans contract these illnesses.

From Scientific American • Jun. 15, 2013