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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 19:34:39 +0800 (MYT) From: "Dr. Kannan" To: durian@ecst.csuchico.edu Subject: FURTHUR DURIAN ADVENTURES
My family, son Arun, wife Angie, were thrilled to learn from the Straits times that our favourite fruit was on the Net. We enjoyed your homepage..
Have you heard of how Elephants contribute to enhancing the taste of durians in Thailand ?
They roll the fruit on the ground so as to cover the thorns with grass and leaves; the fruit is then swallowed whole and passes through the animal's digestve system, ripening furthur in the process. The whole fruit that comes out through the other end is worth its weight and taste in gold!!! Men are said to eagerly hunt for this treasure.
The countdown to the next durian season has started in Malaysia - its about another month away.
An early Selamat Hari Raya and Kong Hee Fatt Choy - the local newspaper speculates that you are a Malaysian student studing in the USA.
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