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How cowpat rots?
First the cowpat exits the cow.
Then soil microbes feed on it and bacteria breaks down the proteins.
It then starts releasing nitrates into the soil.
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The digestive enzymes of the fungi that live on the cowpat start to break down and rot away the cow pat.
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Some insects and bugs also eat cowpat.
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