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I saw a documentary on netflix about a Pangolin. Never heard of them before. Never seen one before. I thought it was a fictional story when I watched the trailer. Interesting little creatures that have been around since dinosaurs, it seems. Like armored anteaters but they walk on their hind legs. The armored tail seems like a counterbalance. Sadly, being hunted to extinction for chinese traditional medicine (used in about 60 different formulations?). So I'm wondering - if this animal is so rare that I've never heard it in my entire life, how is it common to chinese (in history) that's it included in traditional formularies? If not, and it's a more modern inclusion with chinese expansion into africa, then it's not really traditional medicine, is it? Either way, unless there is scientific data proving efficacy, I have no words for this travesty. The pangolin seems like an interesting, harmless creature with an ability to form social bonds. ETA: sorry, it does seem like these creatures are native to southern china / asia. But much poaching in africa. "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | ||
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A pangolin was originally cited by the Chinese as the origin of Covid. "You know, Scotland has its own martial arts. Yeah, it's called Fuck You. It's mostly just head butting and then kicking people when they're on the ground." - Charlie MacKenzie (Mike Myers in "So I Married an Axe Murderer") | |||
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Bring date home. "What did I hear? Do you have a dog?" "Nope" "Do you have a cat?" "Nope" "Ok babe, come here..." | |||
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This doc is by the same guy who made My Octopus Friend which is an amazing film. I've heard this one isn't as good but I may still watch. I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. | |||
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Our guide spotted one while we were driving around Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Fascinating animals. We all got to hold it for a minute, get pictures and then sent it on its way. It curls up into a ball when frightened. Its scales are like the material your fingernails (keratin) are made of. Predators like lions, leopards and cheetahs can't get through it, bat them around for a while, get bored and leave it alone. Different subspecies can be found in Africa, India, southern China and SE Asia. Link _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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Millions of years ago, the myrmecophagous pangolin split off from a lineage that would eventually lead to cats, dogs, and bears when it said, "Fuck all this, I want to be a dragon." I hate offended people. They come in two flavours - huffy and whiny - and it's hard to know which is worst. The huffy ones are self-important, narcissistic authoritarians in love with the sound of their own booming disapproval, while the whiny, sparrowlike ones are so annoying and sickly and ill-equipped for life on Earth you just want to smack them round the head until they stop crying and grow up. - Charlie Brooker | |||
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That was pretty damn funny. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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