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2020-02-10 China-Japan-Koreas

Can anyone save the walking pine cone? Prince William's favourite animal is being blamed for spreading the coronavirus, but with 300 caught daily and many sold as a delicacy for up to £11,000, pangolins are critically endangered

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-10 12:36|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 The question contains the answer.

Fear of the coronavirus can save the pangolin.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2020-02-10 13:32|| 2020-02-10 13:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Pangolin meat, meanwhile, is served as a sign of wealth and privilege at ostentatious banquets, with the animals often killed at the table to prove they are the genuine article. Some gourmands even claim to enjoy tiny, skinned pangolin foetuses which, when floated in wine or soup, are believed to be an aphrodisiac.

An ancient and proud pack of monstrous creeps.

Posted by JHH 2020-02-10 18:03|| 2020-02-10 18:03|| Front Page Top

#3 I forget the name of that theory that why space isn't being colonized by various extra terrestrials is that at some point they run out of resources, couldn't figure out radiation shielding, blow themselves up in a war, whatever.

Could it be that each species has its own pangolin eaters, constantly kicking out the legs of technology and civilization?

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-02-10 18:08|| 2020-02-10 18:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Artichoke with legs. No thank you.

Posted by Glenmore 2020-02-10 20:13|| 2020-02-10 20:13|| Front Page Top

#5 In the matter of making things meet,
A hungry Chinese can't be beat:
If a treat's inauspicious
To Mao, try Confucius;
And if it should run, bind its feet.

Posted by Enver Cravimp7844 2020-02-10 21:22|| 2020-02-10 21:22|| Front Page Top

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