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Doughnut burgers, deep-fried crickets - avant garde foodstuffs are all the rage, but many of us would draw the line at a cheesecake made from gorilla poo.

The new culinary concoction is the brainchild of a university who have been working with bacteria extracted from the primate's faeces.

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According to the People's Daily, the bacteria came from a unique bacteria originally discovered in Africa.

It was then cultivated in the laboratory and turned into yoghurt.

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The alarming afters was on sale in the university's cafe for just two days, with each of the 150 servings costing £2.

It reportedly had a distinctive taste.