Fancy A 'Reindeer Gem' This Christmas?
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Looking for an unusual gift this Christmas? How about an ornament or necklace that contains genuine reindeer droppings? But you better hurry, because these unique items available exclusively at the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois are in limited supply and, going really fast.
Each ornament and necklace is hand-made, using glitter, beads and a single 'gem' - a reindeer dropping from the zoo's residents, which has been dehydrated, sanitized, painted and drilled.
The brilliant idea can be attributed to the Zoo's former superintendent, whose grandmother used to leave a trail of reindeer dung (chocolate chips), leading to the house every Christmas Eve. She told her grandchildren that if Santa's reindeers thought others had visited the house, they would be tempted to come too!
The pendant necklaces are priced at $15 USD apiece, while the ornaments cost $7.50 USD each. The Zoo hopes to raise about $17,000 USD from the sale of these fun items, for use towards the maintenance and upkeep of the Zoo and its inhabitants. To read more check out their site at www.cityblm.org/parks/Miller-Park-Zoo
sources:millerparkzoo, pantagraph.com
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- patrickalmost 14 yearsthis is nasty .i think this is dumb but smart. you can make money off of it.it is weird to sell poop but you make money.(money is being made off of it)
- Joealmost 14 yearsThis is is nasty that people have this.This is also smart to sell this because the zoo is making money at 15.00 for a necklalce and 7.50 for an ornaments
- emilyalmost 14 yearsThey sell reindeer droppings and turn them into orenaments and necklaces.
- melodyalmost 14 yearsi learned that you can get the reindeer droppings at a zoo in Bloomington Illinois
- ASHTONalmost 14 yearsI learned that they sell reindeer droppings and make them into ornaments.
- Tayloralmost 14 yearsi leaned that the raindeer dropping are used to make necklces and ornimates
- jessicaalmost 14 yearsi learned that pepole make things from stuff like reindeer drooppings that otherwise is just gotten rid of
- destinyalmost 14 yearsi learned people put reindeer droppings on orrnaments and sell them i would never buy that at all
- Lily rocksover 14 yearsMy parents tried to get that.
- cece101over 14 yearsCREEPY!!!!!!!!