civets, coffee and the mongoose

[RICHARD]

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010525.html

[catnapper]

Ahhhh, so the next time someone offers me a squirt of perfume in the mall, I don't have to just politely say "no thanks" but I can look at them and squeal, "you've got to be kidding! I don't want that anal fluid on me!"

Thanks for my nightly gross-out!

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by catnapper


Thanks for my nightly gross-out!

I take it you don't drink coffee....

[slick]

I don't drink coffee, nor do I wear perfume.....now I know why!!!!

[Uabassoon]

I don't drink coffee, nor do I wear perfume.....now I know why!!!!

Same here! Now I'm glad I don't bother wasting my money on that stuff!

[CatDad]

I don't wear purfume or cologne. Now I am really glad that I don't.

I do drink coffee, actually lots of coffee. However, the thought of drinking that coffee really doesn't excite me at all. I think that guy is right if you charge enough for it, some sucker will buy it.

Thanks for sharing, Richard.

[catcrazylady]

This was so gross!! It did however get me to thinking. If you can sell that coffee for about $150 a pound then there must be something the rest of us can do with all this poo covered in expensive clay.
Maybe Ode de Poo pottery???

I know I'm making a joke but there really should be something done to protect those poor civets. There is no reason for torture just to attempt to please a humans nose!

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by catcrazylady


I know I'm making a joke but there really should be something done to protect those poor civets. There is no reason for torture just to attempt to please a humans nose![/IMG]

What will Elizabeth Taylor and Jennifer Lopez do then?

[catcrazylady]

Maybe we could put them in a cage and find out if they have a gland we can scrape so the civets can smell better!

[Barbara]

The civet's anal gland fluid has been used for perfumes for thousands of years. So I think it is not gross in itself but gross are the methods of getting it.

Same way as pure plant cosmetics without animal testing there are pure plant perfumes too.

Thousands of civets are now killed in China. They used to be eaten and now there is a suspection that the SARS virus was spread by them. Another threatened animal going.