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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

For one, there are many different kinds that all look different, and evidence of parasitic infection can be excreted as parasitic larvae, which are microscopic.

From Salon • May 18, 2025

They also showed that about 30% of the seeds excreted by woodlice and earwigs remained viable.

From Science Magazine • May 8, 2024

These measures track the roles of surface tension, gravity and inertia in how fluids are excreted from a tube like the urethra.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2024

Occasionally, they excreted live worms with their bloody stools.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane