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Woman saved by pile of poo

A CHINESE woman survived a plunge from a sixth-floor balcony thanks to a convenient pile of excrement which broke her fall, local media said.

The accident happened when the woman was hanging out laundry on Monday in Nanjing, capital of the eastern province of Jiangsu, the Kuaibao tabloid said on its Web site (www.kuaibao.net).

"Workers happened to be emptying the building's septic tank, which had not been tended for a long time and had regularly blocked sewage pipes," the newspaper said.

"She probably stretched out too far and fell ... right on to a 20cm-thick heap of excrement."

The woman suffered only slight injuries, the newspaper said.

In March, a six-year-old girl broke only her left leg when she fell six floors on to a pile of snow in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang.

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Panda poo plan to turn a profit

THEY are notoriously picky about their food and suffer from an exceptionally low sex drive. But when it comes to poo, pandas have few peers.

Entrepreneurial Chinese are looking for ways to make a profit from the 20kg of excrement produced each day by a single adult male, and help the endangered animals pay their way. Officials at Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base are working on a scheme to convert the fibre-rich droppings into high-quality paper.

Pandas, which live mainly on a diet of bamboo, absorb less than 20 per cent of what they eat. Staff at the Chengdu base in Sichuan province, southwest China, are talking to local paper mills to find ways of making products from the panda waste, from greeting cards to bookmarks, notebooks and even fridge magnets.

Jing Jing, Ke Bi, Ya Ya and the 40 or so other pandas living at the Chengdu breeding base produce about 200 tonnes of excrement a year. Thus they may begin to pay for their keep at the centre, which spends millions of dollars on raising and breeding the rare animals.

Liao Jun, a researcher, said: "If the stools can be used to make souvenirs, we will not only make a profit but also help the environment." He expected to see items ranging from wrapping paper and paper handkerchiefs to fans and picture frames made from the panda poo.

Peter

No sh1t!

Just think what could be made from elephant sh1t.

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Woman saved by pile of poo

A CHINESE woman survived a plunge from a sixth-floor balcony thanks to a convenient pile of excrement which broke her fall, local media said.

The accident happened when the woman was hanging out laundry on Monday in Nanjing, capital of the eastern province of Jiangsu, the Kuaibao tabloid said on its Web site (www.kuaibao.net).

"Workers happened to be emptying the building's septic tank, which had not been tended for a long time and had regularly blocked sewage pipes," the newspaper said.

"She probably stretched out too far and fell ... right on to a 20cm-thick heap of excrement."

The woman suffered only slight injuries, the newspaper said.

In March, a six-year-old girl broke only her left leg when she fell six floors on to a pile of snow in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang.

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Not sure what would be worse falling out of the window thinking I was going to die - or ending up in a pile of human excrement

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Panda poo plan to turn a profit

THEY are notoriously picky about their food and suffer from an exceptionally low sex drive. But when it comes to poo, pandas have few peers.

Entrepreneurial Chinese are looking for ways to make a profit from the 20kg of excrement produced each day by a single adult male, and help the endangered animals pay their way. Officials at Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base are working on a scheme to convert the fibre-rich droppings into high-quality paper.

Pandas, which live mainly on a diet of bamboo, absorb less than 20 per cent of what they eat. Staff at the Chengdu base in Sichuan province, southwest China, are talking to local paper mills to find ways of making products from the panda waste, from greeting cards to bookmarks, notebooks and even fridge magnets.

Jing Jing, Ke Bi, Ya Ya and the 40 or so other pandas living at the Chengdu breeding base produce about 200 tonnes of excrement a year. Thus they may begin to pay for their keep at the centre, which spends millions of dollars on raising and breeding the rare animals.

Liao Jun, a researcher, said: "If the stools can be used to make souvenirs, we will not only make a profit but also help the environment." He expected to see items ranging from wrapping paper and paper handkerchiefs to fans and picture frames made from the panda poo.

Peter

Refer to Panda Poo go to post #12

Was a slow day in Chiang Mai news

CB

No sh1t!

No actually - lots of shit

Just think what could be made from elephant sh1t.

Most of the elephant farms supply the paper industry all around Chiang Mai and the paper is sold to tourists all over the district. The photo albums are made from it. It is good quality paper just avoid licking your finger to turn the pages At between 200 and 500 kilos per elephant per day that is a lot of paper pulp.

CB

Out here in the sticks you would never see 20cm of poo .... the largest buff can produce that pile quite easily, but the next pick-up will wipe it out.

I used to try and teach them ..... then I gave up.

(no emoticons.... no need)