civet

He follows rigidly the conventions of dress and manners; but in the business of poking his nose into places where he does not belong he could give pointers to a civet cat or a jackdaw.

"She distils nothing of the kind, vile rabble," said Don Quixote, burning with rage, "nothing of the kind, I say, only ambergris and civet in cotton; nor is she one-eyed or humpbacked, but straighter than a Guadarrama spindle: but ye must pay for the blasphemy ye have uttered against beauty like that of my lady."

Essentially these coffee beans are extracted from the droppings of the native palm civet, which is a sort-of cat creature living on the island.

In this unique curio cabinet of a book, Posnett discusses seven little-known natural wonders: eiderdown, edible bird's nests, civet coffee, sea silk, vicuna fiber, tagua and guano.

Right in the middle is the figure of an Asian Palm Civet, a nocturnal mammal that is almost like a cat, found in tropical forests.

The inner crater is covered by a forest, which is home to wildlife such as baboons, lions, leopards, spotted hyenas, civet cats, wild dogs and rock hyraxes.

Summary: From giant flying squirrels to the rare spotting of an otter civet, get ready to explore

30% of the 27 species (8 species), with the most noticeable upward expansion of the Common Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) from 1,150 m to 200 m.

Also on Sunday, another team of wildlife captured the male partner of a civet cat that was captured last week.

Kopi Luwak, or civet coffee, is coffee that includes part-digested coffee cherries eaten and defecated by the Asian palm civet.

Scientists in America discovered the smell of Obsession For Men was attractive to big cats in 2013, because it contains a synthetic aroma based on the musk of the civet.