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[–] AstaKask@lemmy.cafe 32 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Strange new bump in cancer cases soon to be discovered in middle aged Chinese men.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Seriously though, does a rhino horn have any circulatory connection to the rhino?

Because if not, something to consider would be injecting some sort of incredibly toxic poison that cannot be detected. Then if it's ever consumed, the person consuming it dies or is made incredibly sick.

Then poachers won't know which rhinos have been tainted, so all horns will be suspect and people purchasing them will stop.

[–] AstaKask@lemmy.cafe 1 points 22 minutes ago

Would probably be some kind of crime but I'm all for it. Not sure it would stop sales though. Sellers would just lie about it like the baby formula.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whenever someone brings up "traditional Chinese medicine" as somehow being better, remember that Chinese folk remedies are almost entirely responsible for rhino poaching.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

And various species of pangolin being endangered or critically endangered.

[–] gidostro@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 day ago

Thoughts and prayers.