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Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/45eKu_NzpcU/record-3-5-tons-of-pangolin-sc.html
Record 3.5 tons of pangolin scales seized in China
Pangolin scales, like rhinoceros horns, are just made of keratin, but that doesn't stop traditional medicine practitioners from claiming they cure cancer and what-not. It's why pangolins are the most trafficked animals in the world. China stopped a shipment worth around $2 million that required killing around 7,500 of the cure little anteaters. (more…)Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/45eKu_NzpcU/record-3-5-tons-of-pangolin-sc.html
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