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Souvenirs made out of droppings
China's Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base has come up with a where there's muck there's brass scheme that turns droppings from the endangered species into souvenirs such as bookmarks and Olympic-themed statues of the animals.
The 40 pandas which live at the base in the south-western province of Sichuan produce two tons of waste each day.
Base spokesman Jing Shimin said: "We used to spend at least 6,000 yuan (400) a month to get rid of the droppings but now they can be lucrative.
"They don't smell too bad because 70% of the dung is just remains of the bamboo that the pandas are unable to digest."
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