Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 04, 2023

Who was the first person to see something fall out of an animals behind and say mmmm wonder if I can make coffee out of that?

Believe it or not, Black Ivory Coffee is more expensive than Jacu Bird Coffee. It costs about $2,000 per kilogram (2.2 pounds). It is made from Arabica coffee beans consumed by elephants and collected from their waste.

https://en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/Black_Ivory_Coffee

Don’t birds grind their food in the gizzard, so how does this affect the cherry? I even see my crows eat sand

More than $1000 per kilo then.

I didn’t know of lions living in the jungle. I only knew of lions living in savannas.

Well it’s known as pooparooni down here but don’t tell lol lmao yuck yuck har har etc, so on so forth well gotta go shopping see ya and don’t forget to bathe the chickens lol.. gotta loooooove that caffeeeeeieennnnnnn….

aAAAaaaAAAAaaaaAAAaaannnnnnddD….. gesUUUUndheit.

Whomever first called the Lion the “king of the jungle” had clearly not been to many jungles.

If you knew how many lions Tarzan has killed then you know why the lion is no longer the king of the jungle. The Apeman made sure of that.

I do enjoy watching Amaury Guichon’s you tube videos on his many chocolate creations. They are quire marvelous. I would clip a few and insert them here normally, but that pass has closed.

Try putting his name into a youtube search. You won’t be disappointed. He uses 3D printing, CNC machines, and other means to make his many creations.

“Ape” tite? It’s appetite.

Also, Black Ivory Coffee made from Arabica cherries which are fed to elephants in Thailand prices $1,000 to $1,500 a pound. Then there’s Kopi Luwak. The coffee beans are chosen and partially digested by the Indonesian palm civet and then excreted. This removes the outer layer of the coffee bean and they are then thoroughly cleaned, roasted, and then distributed. Prices $150 to $600 a pound.

Why would anyone want to make coffee out of bird poop? And who first decided to brew the poop from these particular birds to make the finest(?) coffee known to mankind? And who gets into this poop to get those beans? Asking for a friend.

P.T. Barnum said it best. “There’s a sucker born every minute.”

As my memory serves, Lion is referred to as the King of “Beasts”! Not of any geographical location!

“This coffee tastes like crap!”…“Well, what do you expect? It was…oh, never mind.”

Who in their right mind would spend that much money on that cr ap

We grind up and brew the seed of the coffee cherry for our coffee drinks. Does anyone eat or use the coffee cherry in food? Coffee cherry pie? (Could you nap after a piece of coffee cherry pie?)

There’s a recording of The Weavers performing “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” (whose lyrics say "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight) with a spoken disclaimer at the beginning that the lion is actually a plains species (and also that they’re primarily nocturnal).

A tribute band called “Work of the Weavers” attempted to emulate this performance but completely screwed up the spoken intro, claiming instead that there are no lions in Africa (the song doesn’t even mention Africa).

Keep your coffee. I prefer tea. lol

Okay, so pay ridiculous amounts for coffee that has been pooped out by cats, elephants, and now birds. Though the bird one seems to be by far the most expensive.

I’ve always imagined they asked the lions what the forest was called, and they replied, “Grrr.”

Another super expensive coffee Kopi Luwak which is made from partially digested coffee cherries found in civet droppings

I prefer a boiled water infusion using prepared tea leaves. You all can have your cat crap or elephant poop coffee all you want.

“Was Neil De Grasse Tyson some how related to Simba?” asked Sarah N. Getty.

That leopard is my newest, bestest buddy. I could just eat it up!

I that Jacu bird makes a killer Cherry “Bombe” . It is to die for!

" You’re s….ing me!" “The [bird] beat me to it!”- “Bucket List”

Caffeinated recycled bird poop in a spiced latte … oh, to die for.

“King of the Grass” sounds more like a dope dealer

re: Coffee…Ya cain’t fix STUPID !!!!

Any readers here actually tried any of the above? (“Pearlsbs”: were you serious?)

With all of these coffees improved by digesting them (3 mentioned here), can’t somebody find out what they can marinate the beans in? That would make a lot of money.

I want the tail from that chocolate leopard! And how many different varieties of poop coffee are there, now? Dave Barry wrote about the luwak coffee. And I think I recently heard of one from another animal. Now this from the birds? And no way am I paying that kind of money made out of poop.