Blueberry seeds pulled out of five wolf scats in northern Minnesota germinated at 96 percent against 69 percent for seeds taken straight from the fruit, and half of them had sprouted by day 19 rather than day 26

The difference is real and the size of it is not settled: measured against the best of the study’s three control batches, the advantage shrinks from 27 percentage points to five.

Source: Blueberry seeds pulled out of five wolf scats in northern Minnesota germinated at 96 percent against 69 percent for seeds taken straight from the fruit, and half of them had sprouted by day 19 rather than day 26