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

Compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids was completed on the hair of two individuals for each civet species, insect, and plant samples.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Other animals identified as a potential source of the pandemic were the masked palm civet, which was also associated with the Sars outbreak in 2003, as well as hoary bamboo rats and Malayan porcupines.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

Some civet coffee plantations have also increasingly branched out to include tourist interactions, raising new concerns about the animals’ welfare.

From National Geographic • Dec. 12, 2023

“What I do happen to know,” I said, being maybe a tiny bit coy, “is that a civet cat got all of the Nguzas’ hens last Sunday.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver