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Ill. zoo creates ornaments from reindeer droppings
AP - Yahoo ^ | November 28, 2008

Posted on 11/28/2008 10:42:17 AM PST by EveningStar

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Christmas ornaments for sale at the Miller Park Zoo's gift shop are partly manufactured by reindeer. Honest!

Staffers make decorations out of droppings from the zoo's two reindeer, Ealu and Rika. The droppings are dried, then clear-coated and either painted or rolled in glitter.

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TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: droppings; hobbies; illinois; reindeer
Talk about a dung idea: Zoo sells reindeer droppings as ornaments
1 posted on 11/28/2008 10:42:18 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

“Rudolph, with your BLEEP so bright,
“Won’t you deck my tree tonight?”


2 posted on 11/28/2008 10:44:32 AM PST by RichInOC (Obama/Biden '08: "We Are Not Ruled By Murderers, But Only--By Their Friends."--Rudyard Kipling)
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To: All
Holy reindeer shit, Batman!


3 posted on 11/28/2008 10:46:01 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
This is nothing new..in Alaska you can buy a lot of ornaments made with moose droppings..stir straws for drinks are big, and they also make earrings..LOL
4 posted on 11/28/2008 10:46:31 AM PST by alaskamomma
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To: EveningStar

No thank you.


5 posted on 11/28/2008 10:49:46 AM PST by tioga
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To: EveningStar
LOL! Old news. Alaskans have been making and selling moose-nugget jewelry and novelties for many years. Talk about low overhead...
6 posted on 11/28/2008 11:01:09 AM PST by redhead (hey, Obama! You gave me the wrong change!)
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To: RichInOC

gives new meaning to a “crappy tree”.


7 posted on 11/28/2008 11:01:45 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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To: EveningStar

I’m sorry, sir. But our decorations look like shit


8 posted on 11/28/2008 11:07:41 AM PST by CrappieLuck
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To: EveningStar
There is a cure for this insanity....


9 posted on 11/28/2008 11:23:02 AM PST by Daffynition ("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
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To: EveningStar

10 posted on 11/28/2008 5:58:38 PM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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