I seem to recall: if it was the civet cats, it was because they were eating
the cats


Alan wrote in message
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On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:03:38 -0800, Wuzzup Mang! wrote:

There's no telling what else is out there in this world!

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- There's drip coffee -- and then there's coffee
from droppings. One of the world's most expensive coffees is
supposedly made from droppings of weasellike civet cats. The story
goes like this: The fussy Southeast Asian animals only eat the best
and ripest coffee berries. Enzymes in their digestive system help to
break down the bean. Workers collect the bean- containing droppings
for so-called Civet or Weasel Coffee. Agus Susanto owns three
fashionable cafes in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. He says the popular
Civet Coffee has a strong taste and an even stronger aroma. Some even
say it's an aphrodisiac.



http://www.local6.com/slideshow/news...s=4;p=news;dm=
ss;w=200


And civet cats are the ones which were transmitting SARS in China,
weren't they???