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Sunday, April 15, 2007

Weird News: Panda Poop Perfect For Making Paper?


Would you use paper that is made from panda poop? Researchers in China say that they have found a way to use panda poop to make paper.

BEIJING, China (AP) -- There's a new Chinese saying: When life hands you panda poop, make paper.

Researchers at a giant panda reserve in southern China are looking for paper mills to process panda excrement (faeces) into high quality paper.

Liao Jun, a researcher at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base in Sichuan province, said the idea came to them after a visit to Thailand last year where they found paper made from elephant dung. They thought panda poop would produce an even finer quality paper, he said.

The base is in talks with several paper mills on how to turn the droppings of Jing Jing, Ke Bi, Ya Ya and dozens of other pandas at the base into reams of office paper and rolls of wrapping paper, Liao said.

They hope to have a product line available by next year, he said.

"We are not interested in doing this for the profits but to recycle the waste," said Liao. "It's environmentally friendly. We can use the paper ourselves, and also we can sell whatever is left over."

The centre's 40 bamboo-fed pandas produce about 2 tons (2000 kg) of droppings a day, but Liao said he was not sure yet how much paper would result.

What about squeamish customers who might consider the paper unsanitary?

"People won't find it gross at all," Liao said. "They probably won't even be able to tell it's from panda poop."


Source: CNN.com

Labels: panda, paper


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14 Comments:

the panda is sooooo cute!!!!!
i hope to hav 1 !!!!!

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:38 pm  

The panda bear is super cute !!!
i hope that it will not be extinct forever!

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:40 pm  

the pandas is so cute but that is interesting that pandas poop can make paper...

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:39 pm  

The pandas are so cute!!!!How they can make paper......

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:18 pm  

the panda is so and interesting

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:34 pm  

i think the panda is like Elfi!!

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:23 pm  

the panda very cute leh...

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:28 pm  

Wow!! Thats intresting. I din't know that they could make papper out of fiesies

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:23 pm  

Wow! Panda poop can make paper? That's interesting!

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:29 pm  

wow!!!so cute.it was interesting.

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:22 pm  

wow!!!!panda are so cute i really love them!!!!

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:57 pm  

tHe pAnDaS ArE SuPeR CuTe!!!

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:04 pm  

tHe pAnDaS ArE CuTe!!!

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:28 pm  

the panda are so cute!!!!

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:31 pm  

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