[ThanhPhero]

I understand that in some parts of Asia a durian that has been through an elephant's digestive tract is similarly considered a delicacy.The Durian (sau rieng) is not, in fact, processed through a pachyderm, not in Viet Nam, at least. It's smell gives rise to many interesting tales about its origin, even told by the people who farm it and those who eat it. It smells sort of like a er hmm...a sewer that flows past a chemical factory beside a paper mill. You are not allowed to carry one onto a train or airplane. But the taste is heavenly. Somehow the taste is quite divorced from the smell. I had not thought that possible until I tried one of these fruits.I only forced myself to try it because the first time I went back to Viet Nam I vowed to myself that I would eat anything that anyone put in front of me at least twice before I rejected anything. I only turned off on duck eggs.

[ADemocratNoMore]

I did a little bit of Googling and found this...

According to a guide to Singapore food, "Animals esteem the durian equally as much as humans--tapirs, tigers, pigs, flying foxes, rhinos and monkeys are known to eat them voraciously, and elephants often swallow them whole. Protected by their horny shell, they emerge from the elephant's digestive tract intact. Indeed, this specially 'processed' variety is coveted above all others by the natives of northern Malaya."