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And in the same forest with the fruits in DHJanzen100702.jpg above, a dung pile the size of that left by a small horse says that all is not lost. The largest seed is the size of a golf ball. What animal can swallow golf-ball sized seeds whole and have them pass all the way through the digestive tract intact. Certainly no kangaroo, with a head not much larger than a deer head, would do such a thing.
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