Mr. Ellie Pooh's Elephant Dung Paper

When we first walked by this booth, we thought this might be a joke: a clever skewering of recycling extremes. But, it turns out that this stuff is legit. There is actually paper that is made out of 75% elephant poop from Sri Lanka.

I can personally vouch that the paper had no foul odor, and looked nice and colorful. But when I asked the woman at the booth why elephant dung, specifically, was the poop of choice for making paper, she looked at me like I was crazy. I'm still curious. If you're going to make paper out of poop, why not choose something a little more widely available like dog poop?

But, it's not everyday you can read a book about elephants printed on elephant crap. Hooray for new life experiences.