Sunday, 12 June 2011

Stinky Souvenir

PRAGUE (AP) — Prague Zoo has started selling what look like ice cream containers but are actually full of elephant dung.


It's the latest fad among Czech gardeners who are buying out the manure pails to use as fertilizer. The brain behind the project is zoo director Miroslav Bobek, whose surname literally means dung.

Zoo officials estimate they sell around 200 of the 1-kilogram (2.2-pound) containers of dung per weekend, at 70 koruna ($3.90) each. But sales have been so brisk they decided to expand to weekdays.

AP video showed handlers scooping up the manure Thursday and placing it in the white containers to the bemusement of visitors.

Brazilian tourist Ana Tolentino wouldn't buy it at any price, saying Thursday "My gosh, it is very unusual!"

- Story taken from http://www.usatoday.com/
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36 comments:

  1. astronomer12 June 2011 at 15:42

    selling elephant poo - nice! would have never expected this. interesting, followed

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  2. Vince^_^12 June 2011 at 15:57

    Haha aww cute pic

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  3. luk4blogger12 June 2011 at 15:59

    1 kilogram 3,90$???

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  4. Hugo12 June 2011 at 16:02

    Hahaha selling elephant poop. I can imagine it is good for the soil though, usually a lot of the dung is just compost.

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  5. Jackson.k12 June 2011 at 16:07

    very interesting! Who was the one to think of "We'll just sell poop. Why? just because."

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  6. randomfacts12 June 2011 at 16:11

    Aww! SO CUTE.
    Ooo nice read too

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  7. Thundering Blog.com12 June 2011 at 16:27

    That's some expensive crap! It's reminiscent of trends we've had in the United States. Like silly bandz.

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  8. Mr. Cactus12 June 2011 at 16:30

    Its amazing to me how elephant poop and printer ink can both be so expensive.

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  9. madotsuki12 June 2011 at 16:56

    I'll take two scoops.

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  10. Anonymous12 June 2011 at 17:11

    Probably makes good fertilizer

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  11. pepsi_lover4712 June 2011 at 17:12

    Err why not just get real fertilizer from a farmers market or something? A zoo? Really?

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  12. Jonny12 June 2011 at 17:16

    That's two things you don't wanna get mixed up: ice cream and elephant poop.

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  13. Unknown12 June 2011 at 17:18

    I'd want a flake with it otherwise no deal. Following :)

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  14. Michael Arsenault12 June 2011 at 17:25

    hmm... two scoops of elephant poo with a side of sprinkles.

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  15. Unknown12 June 2011 at 17:26

    I'm sending that pic to my Grandma, she loves Elephants. Thanks for sharing! :)

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  16. Michael12 June 2011 at 17:27

    Haha, some countries man.

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  17. Jehrin12 June 2011 at 17:27

    I like those elephants

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  18. F4LL3N12 June 2011 at 17:31

    My lawn's dead as a doornail, that stuff would probably work wonders.

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  19. Danny12 June 2011 at 17:58

    I wish I could make the same cash off my dog's stuff.

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  20. slycoopert12 June 2011 at 18:00

    eww uh what is wrong with the world?

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  21. Anonymous12 June 2011 at 18:00

    that's not a high price for such a fertilizer.

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  22. Noctis12 June 2011 at 18:21

    Really nice your news made my day :D followed!

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  23. Johnathan12 June 2011 at 18:37

    Well I could understand how it could be valuable

    but it's still pretty gross :P

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  24. Kopite12 June 2011 at 18:48

    They have to recoup the loss when they feed him don't they :)

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  25. Benji Radman12 June 2011 at 19:05

    How they make their money is irrelephant.

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  26. Unknown12 June 2011 at 19:08

    Kind of gross but also kind of cool.

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  27. bmx413012 June 2011 at 19:11

    That's actually not a bad idea. Instead of just throwing it out you can put it to use and make a small amount of money back at the same time.

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  28. Goldfinch12 June 2011 at 19:11

    Damn. Those farmers sure love poop.

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  29. James12 June 2011 at 19:33

    Wonder who came up with this idea?

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  30. The Hammer12 June 2011 at 19:38

    I used to work at a zoo and told them to do the same thing.

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  31. Dinner12 June 2011 at 19:49

    Lol, that's a lot of dung!

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  32. Jack12 June 2011 at 20:01

    Miroslav Bobek, whose surname literally means dung. heh

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  33. Elliot MacLeod-Michael12 June 2011 at 20:25

    Sounds like this Bobek guy is full of shit.
    +followed

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  34. Renzo Aranda12 June 2011 at 20:25

    They must have lots of dung with such big animals, awesome idea

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  35. Salted Plum12 June 2011 at 21:09

    Elephant dung is surprisingly affordable

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  36. Neon13 June 2011 at 12:52

    Hahaha, that's horrible!

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