Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxorus hermaphroditus)
Image Copyright Suthanai Krupanich
Last Observed: Koh Chang, December 2015
Observed By: Suthanai Krupanich
The Asian palm civet is a relatively common nocturnal mammal native to Koh Chang and Southeast Asia. It inhabits a wide range of habitats and lives both in trees and on the ground so is ideally suited to koh Chang’s jungle.
Kopi Luwak
You won’t believe this. Kopi Luwak (known as Chamot in Thai) is a type of coffee prized apparently for it’s great flavour. It is made from coffee beans that have passed through the digestive system of the Asian Palm Civet. Kopi luwak is presumably Indonesian for mammal-crap coffee. You would think that pre-eaten coffee would not be a thing, but you’d be wrong. This stuff costs a fortune. And of course this has created an illegal trade in captured Asian palm civets being force-fed coffee. Good grief. Tea is nice. drink tea.
