(The Bloomington Pentagraph)
The Christmas ornaments for sale at Bloomington, Illinois' Miller Park Zoo's gift shop are partly manufactured by reindeer. Honestly! Staffers make decorations out of droppings from the zoo's two reindeer, Ealu and Rika.
The droppings are dried, then clear-coated and either painted or rolled in glitter. Zoo marketing director Susie Ohley has named the products "magical reindeer gem ornaments," and each comes with a label of authenticity. They cost five dollars at the zoo gift shop.
