Czech Republic: Selling elephant dung as a souvenir

Prague Zoo Director (Czech Republic), Mr. Miroslav Bobek, came up with a unique idea to solve the "consequences" of elephants in his zoo every day, that is . selling elephant dung souvenirs for visitors.

According to Oddity Central, although these souvenir boxes are then mostly used as fertilizer because their odor is not pleasant, this is also considered an effective measure to contribute to minimizing "umbrellas". environmental pollution "that elephants cause.

The waste of elephants in the zoo after collection will be packed into 1.5 kg boxes, stored in plastic containers and sold for 70 koruna / box (equivalent to 4.2 USD / box). Initially, this unique gift was only sold on the weekends but because of rising demand, zoo management had to increase the number and sale throughout the week. On average, the elephants here produce 140 to 180 kg of manure.

Photo: Oddity Central.

Previously there were many ideas, animal manure as souvenirs for visitors.

Earlier, a panda research center in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, China created photo frames, book marks, fans, and panda statues from 300 tons of manure by 60 large pandas' discharged. out 'every year to be the 2008 Beijing Olympic gift.

A zoo in Thailand also uses two pandas here to make multicolored paper.