Panda Poop Used to Make Souveniers
This might be one of the stupidest things I have ever heard on many levels.
Soon, tourists will be able to buy souveniers made from Panda Crap/Poop/Excretion in Chengdu.
Under pretenses of reducing pollution and saving resources, the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Center has a project to make key chains, whistles and magnets from the 200 tons of discharges from its charges.
Actually, paper making is first on the agenda. Imagine getting a letter on Panda Poop Paper. Oh, boy!
The idea is not original to China. The Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand made almost $8,000 by selling paper products made from its two pandas.
"Pandas' excretion is a perfect raw material to make paper due to pandas' high fibre diet," said one official.
And because of the presence of bamboo scraps, lucky tourists can have a scent of bamboo in their souveniers as well.
And, people really buy this stuff, too!
How about you? Would you like to have a notebook, fan and post cards made from Panda baubles?
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