civet
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Even Walmart’s website sells a roughly two-pound bag of Kopi Luwak coffee, which is made of beans excreted by a civet, for $449.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
The results showed that faunivory was much more common in three of the civet species than previously thought.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
“As an avid coffee enthusiast, I’ve had the opportunity to experience genuine cage-free or free-ranging civet coffee,” D’Cruze says.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 12, 2023
Viruses leap from bats to humans either by way of an intermediary host, such as a pig, chimpanzee or civet, or more directly through human contact with bat urine, feces, blood, or saliva.
From Reuters ● May 16, 2023
The enslaved parrot Methuselah, whose flesh has been devoured now by many generations of predators, is forcing his declaration of independence through the mouths of leopards and civet cats.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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