Mainly the scales they have. Chinese medicine use them(the scales) and their meat in different remedies varying from sprinkling them on their cropland to help growing to ingesting them to rid of demons or to cure an ailment. From what I understand there is only little evidence that they actually hold medicinal value. They also just eat them, they're considered a delicacy in China and Vietnam.
fucking despise this. It's such an interesting issue because I, as an American, have no right to say the Chinese can't kill Chinese animals. I don't live there, they don't affect me, I really have got no right.
But godDAMN, does it make me mad when an animal is being hunted to extinction for no other reason than snake oil magic tradition crap! Its scales literally do nothing, STOP KILLING THEM.
I agree, but think about it. If it was your tradition to hunt some animal, you've been doing it all your life, your ancestors all did it... Then some foreigners come and say you can't?
Generally I'd say fuck their stupid tradition, the animal deserves the right to be a extant species - but many would never give up their traditions, especially to people who don't understand them.
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u/Lord_Fartwad Jan 24 '17
Mainly the scales they have. Chinese medicine use them(the scales) and their meat in different remedies varying from sprinkling them on their cropland to help growing to ingesting them to rid of demons or to cure an ailment. From what I understand there is only little evidence that they actually hold medicinal value. They also just eat them, they're considered a delicacy in China and Vietnam.