No joke: Reindeer make these gifts
Published: Sat, Nov. 29, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Sat, Nov. 29, 2008 01:42AM
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closeBLOOMINGTON, ILL. -- The Christmas ornaments for sale at the Miller Park Zoo's gift shop are partly manufactured by reindeer. Honest!
Staffers make decorations out of droppings from the zoo's two reindeer, Ealu and Rika. The droppings are dried, then clear-coated and either painted or rolled in glitter. They cost $5 at the zoo gift shop.
Some folks are surprised at the size of the "magical reindeer gem ornaments," which are only about as big as marbles. "Reindeer are so big," zoo maintenance worker Sheldon Williams said. But the droppings are "just a big pile of small."
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