Ideal stocking stuffer: rhino poop
YULEE, Florida (AP) -- Stumped about what to give that special someone this Christmas? How about some rhino poop?
Wouldn't someone on your list love to have a hunk of rhino dung?
The International Rhino Foundation is auctioning on eBay four pieces of dung from the endangered species and will use the proceeds to fund conservation efforts.
The pieces come from four of the five types of rhino: white, black, Indian and Sumatran. The Javan rhino is so rare, a sample could not be collected.
Each piece is dried, mounted in a clear trophy case and marked with the type of rhino that produced it.
The auction ends Sunday. As of Friday morning bidding had been light, with the sole bid for Sumatran rhino poop standing at $500. Black rhino poop was standing at $355, Indian was at $305 and white -- generating the most interest with 17 bids -- was at $350.
The foundation, which is based at the White Oak Conservation Center in Florida, says only about 17,500 rhinos
remain in the wild, with another 1,200 living in captivity.
