It may sound bad, but
throughout my life I’ve always found that the strangest
things I’ve ever come across have come consistently from
Asia. I don’t know how many Sunday mornings or late
night TV I’ve stared at in a zombie-like state that is
some insane show from Japan or China whose game show
premise is completely lost on
me. They’re usually
filled with stunts or just crazy gross stuff, and I
can’t ever figure out how any of the contestants
actually win the show, let alone get the reason why any
of these poor people subject themselves to the seeming
torture! I couldn’t help but feel the same disbelief
when I came across a story on
cnn.com where a Giant Panda Retreat and Rescue in
China is going to be marketing a variety of products
made essentially from sterilized Panda dung. Are you
kidding me?!
The whole story
began with The Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base
spending almost $800 per month to have the dung from
their 40 bamboo-fed Giant Pandas removed. As you can
imagine that gets expensive quite quickly. So they got
creative.
The products will be
made by a local company using a sterilization process
that begins with carefully selecting the dung, smashing
it, drying and bringing the temperature up to over 500F.
Then the "Panda Poo" is put into moulds and mixed with
various dyes to add color.
Now get this… If
that wasn’t enough to make your head spin, they're
actually saying that the products that contains panda
hair are going to be the most expensive! Are you
kidding? I’m supposed to ante up more of my hard earned
cash for what amounts quite literally to “crap,” then
pay more for “crap” with hair in it? Don’t make me
laugh! It gives a whole other meaning to “got you by
the hairs.”
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