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11-16-2006, 08:50 AM
Thai Zoo Sells Panda Dung In Souvenirs
A Thailand zoo has finally found a way to utilise unwanted dung from a couple of pandas - use it to make paper for souvenirs.
The zoo has improvised a traditional way of making paper by using bamboo pulp that the pair of pandas could not digest. The zoo says the pandas, who are fed chopped bamboo, excrete about 23 kg (50 lb) of the pulp a day!
"We know that any kind of pulp can be used to make paper, so we have applied the 2000-year techniques of making paper from mulberry tree in this rural neighbourhood to bamboo pulp from panda dung", zoo spokesman Mr Prasertsak said.
He added the zoo will earn $8,200 a year from selling fans, greeting cards, key chains, and bookmarks – all made with panda excrement paper and dried panda dung - enough to fund the 'project'.
A Thailand zoo has finally found a way to utilise unwanted dung from a couple of pandas - use it to make paper for souvenirs.
The zoo has improvised a traditional way of making paper by using bamboo pulp that the pair of pandas could not digest. The zoo says the pandas, who are fed chopped bamboo, excrete about 23 kg (50 lb) of the pulp a day!
"We know that any kind of pulp can be used to make paper, so we have applied the 2000-year techniques of making paper from mulberry tree in this rural neighbourhood to bamboo pulp from panda dung", zoo spokesman Mr Prasertsak said.
He added the zoo will earn $8,200 a year from selling fans, greeting cards, key chains, and bookmarks – all made with panda excrement paper and dried panda dung - enough to fund the 'project'.