For u durain lovers..

[So_nice]

Timber tycoons with good connections with the Orang Asli are willing to pay about RM1,000 for a sample.

 

Malaysia, November 16, 2010

 

UNDIGESTED durian fruits excreted by elephants may sound disgusting, but faecal fruit could well be the most expensive (and delicious) aphrodisiac from the jungle.

 

As supply is scarce, it is learnt that timber tycoons with good connections with the Orang Asli are willing to pay about RM1,000 for a sample.

 

Simply termed as "elephant durians", the fruits are collected the same way as kopi luwak (civet coffee) in Indonesia.

 

While the natives in Sumatra trail after the civet in search for its faeces consisting of undigested coffee berries, the Jakun in Malaysian forests follow elephants which have swallowed durian fruits.

 

They have to take the risk to follow the mammals for at least four hours, as this is the duration needed by the animals for digestion before the fruit is excreted with the faeces.

 

Malaysia Nature Society advisor (Johor branch) Vincent Chow heard about this aphrodisiac from his timber tycoon friends and Orang Asli.

 

He said timber tycoons will usually book in advance the fruits from the Orang Asli during the durian season.

 

"The Orang Asli are willing to trail the animal because of the good money the excreted fruit can fetch.

 

"Based on what Orang Asli tell us, the faeces of elephant smell like tea and is not smelly at all as the mammal is a herbivore.

 

"Moreover, the fruit remains clean as no dirt or bacteria can penetrate the hard and fibrous husk within the short time span.

 

"Tycoons claim that the fruit will become an aphrodisiac after passing through the elephant's digestive tract.

 

"Although there is no scientific evidence to suggest so, the high demand and good price for the fruit speak for itself," he told Streets.

 

Chow say elephants usually swallows more than one fruit at a time.

It is learnt that elephants will roll the fruit on the jungle floor by using its foot to smoothen its thorny surface before rolling and wrapping it with grass and leaves from the jungle floor and swallowing it.

 

The mammal usually swallows more than one fruit at a time.

 

This is probably the second food item in the world consumed by human in the form of faeces.

 

The first is the above mentioned civet coffee.

 

It is said the beans of this coffee yield a fragrant aroma and tastes much less bitter, and widely noted as the most expensive coffee in the world.

 

http://www.soshiok.com/article/13783

[Enzomatrix]

gosh... whos going to try?

[TortoiseRacer]

gosh... whos going to try?

 

The timber tycoons..

[Enzomatrix]

oh great. LOL

[SimonTan]

If u can accept bird nest, then nothing is disgusting anymore!

 

[Kezg1]

I cannot apprehend the process of this durian thingy.....whereby the coffee seed was well coated with faeces

It said that the s--t off elephant cannot penetrate the hard tusk, so how can it be formulated to be aphrodisiac??

 

[SimonTan]

Eating crabs also entails eating the s--t, stomach, gills,sperm, eggs, etc. People also pay high money for it.

Same as lobsters and prawns(that black line of s--t), people also eat the whole animal and pay high money for it.

How about shells like crockles, La-la, oysters. People also eat the entire stomach with s--t inside, still say very delicious and pay good money for it.

 

If the durian husk is not compromised, it should be acceptable la.

[Kxbc]

Humans will forever have their own justification as long as it benefits them one way or another.

[Moredhel]

Lang jia hum ah, lang jia hum ah,

 

Lang pang sai, lang pang sai,

 

Hum jia sai ah, hum jia sai ah,

 

Lang jia hum, lang jia hum

 

 

 

 

 

[Wavedancer]

Food is a matter of individual taste. Some taste are acquired.