Elephant dung

[HeyWayne]

Whilst at Woburn Safari Park today we watched the elephant demonstration, during which the lady said that they produce around 500kg of the stuff there per day. She then said under her breath, that if you want any....

Could it be used on the plot?

[Pies]

yep no probs,elephants dont have the best digestive system soit will need to rot down

[Snadger]

An elephant is a herbivore so I see no reason why not? Stick a wheelbarrow under ones arse and you could fill it in one go! Lol

[Jeanied]

Oh my - a quick google search yields lots of paper products made from elephant dung - and a few works of art (Chris Ofili springs to mind) - but not a horticultural use among 'em!

[Snadger]

Oh my - a quick google search yields lots of paper products made from elephant dung - and a few works of art (Chris Ofili springs to mind) - but not a horticultural use among 'em!

Paper............from elephant dung!!!!!!!!

[Fruit&2veg]

h2g2 - Manure

Aparently highly prized for horticultural use.
(see under Exotics)

[veggiechicken]

Paper............from elephant dung!!!!!!!!

Just imagine that getting stuck in the printer!

[The Large One]

What If they made envelopes from it...like who's gonna lick that

[veggiechicken]

What If they made envelopes from it...like who's gonna lick that

Dung-no.

Your name seems very appropriate somehow!

[hamamelis]

You can buy mixed elephant and rhino poo from Paignton zoo, about half our local garden centres sell the stuff- not tried it though.

Oh, and yep- you can buy envelopes made from elephant droppings. I used to work somewhere that sold 'em

[Aberdeenplotter]

The wild elephant's diet is extremely rough - branches and the likes so the dung in the wild is also likely to be rough given that the beast's digestive system isn't very efficient. Having siad that though, the elephant dung beetle seems to be able to use the stuff and domesticated effluents are likely to have a much finer diet. I'd be for experimenting

[HeyWayne]

Bought some Elephant poo-per when we visited the elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka: Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Still have it in our wedding memory box.

[Fruit&2veg]

My firm regularly gives us envelopes containing bull-s**t- does that count??

[Aberdeenplotter]

My firm regularly gives us envelopes containing bull-s**t- does that count??

well I suppose that is verbal effluent

[Fruit&2veg]

Bought some Elephant poo-per when we visited the elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka: Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Still have it in our wedding memory box.

Your a real romantic at heart aint you LOL