Last week, I wrote about owl pellets and seal scat. Soon after, I get a scat-ish e-message from a couple I know who overwinter in Thailand. Show-offs.
They sent me a cut-and-pasted story about $50-a-cup coffee brew. Its flavor is so exclusive that you have to be in Thailand or thereabouts to get anywhere near this unique Joe. It was upon reading the story secreted within the precious brew that I realized the seriously bizarre scat connection.
Get this: In the Golden Triangle District of northern Thailand, some industrious elephant owners have found – through a…
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