Valentine's Day cards to be made from faeces

Published Aug 8 2012, 11:33 BST  |  By Ben Lee

A card maker has announced plans to make Valentine's Day cards from faeces.

Specifically, Vijender Shekhawat wants to make cards from pulped elephant dung, according to Orange.

He stated: "People always worry about the smell, but believe me the cards smell as sweet as any other Valentine's Day cards on the market."

Shekhawat's company Haathi Chaap intends to process waste containing undigested grass and leaf fibres.

The card maker added: "Elephants' gastrointestinal tract cannot digest fibres well. About 40% of everything goes through untouched but softened and pre-pulped.

"As a result, their dung makes fantastic paper when it is pressed and processed."

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