Beijing is gearing up for the 2008 Olympics, and in the midst of the queue-ing campaigns and anti-spitting campaigns, here we have it: the campaign to trick silly tourists into buying Olympic souvenirs that are literally pieces of shit.
China seeks profit from panda poo
Mon Jul 30, 11:35 PM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese wildlife research centre has come up with a novel idea to profit from panda poo -- make Olympic souvenirs out of it.
Researchers at the centre in Chengdu, capital of mountainous Sichuan province, had sculpted photo frames, bookmarks, fans and panda statues out of the 300 tonnes of the stuff produced by 60 giant pandas each year, state media said on Tuesday.
Jing Shimin, assistant to the director of the base, proudly declared that the souvenirs would be relatively odour-free.
"They don't smell too bad because 70 percent of the dung is just remains of the bamboo that the pandas are unable to digest," he told Xinhua news agency.
"We used to spend at least 6,000 yuan (390 pounds) a month to get rid of the droppings, but now they can prove lucrative as half of them will be sold as souvenirs."
Not wishing to miss out on Olympic-inspired profits, the base is currently working on moulding the poop into statues of athletic pandas performing various Olympic sports to sell as 2008 Olympic Games souvenirs.
A Thai zoo already sells multicoloured paper made from the excrement of its two resident pandas.
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3 comments:
How fresh, how ecological, how creative, how--- different?! Thanks for sharing, Shan. We have 3 dogs now, think we could get into the same fragrant trade?
Love, Mom
Hi Shannon, yo that was delectable; great xmas gifts for us all.. poo poo panda pics.
Hey happy birthday!! What did you do to celebrate--share the fun!
Miss you love Auntie K
Whoa. What does "relatively odour free" mean?
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