A Toyota Corolla has been covered in cow dung in an innovative effort to keep the vehicle cool in India's scorching summer. Pictures of the newly brown-coloured automobile were taken in the city of Ahmedabad in western India and have spread on social media. Put it into turd gear: Sejalben poses by her carInventive: This car in Ahmedabad, India, has been completely covered in cow dung in a bid to keep the vehicle cool in the country's scorching summerCow dung is widely used throughout rural India to keep houses and huts cool in the summer months and other hot spells. Rupesh Gauranga Das, who posted the pictures, said the bizarre new paint job was the 'best use of cow dung' he had ever seen. An experiment in 2012 revealed how dung beetles use their waste to keep their legs cool.

Source: Daily Mail May 23, 2019 15:56 UTC