Civet This “coffee weasel” or the Asian Palm Civet helps produce some of the wor

Civet

This “coffee weasel” or the Asian Palm Civet helps produce some of the world’s fanciest coffee–at about $100 a cup in some countries. The civet eats the coffee cherries and enzymes in its stomach partially break down the coffee beans, thereby “adding aroma and flavor”. The partially digested beans are then harvested from its poop and made into coffee.

Civets also produced the original “musk” scent for the first perfumes, including Chanel No. 5, though artificial musk substitutes are used today. They are sometimes kept as pets in parts of Southeast Asia.