Romania topping the EU charts... when it comes to the % of households that have at least one cat. Btw, pretty much everyone outside the cities has cats. It's basically a business deal. Cats eat rats and other pests.
They’ll tell you that they love you, like a spider loves a fly Promise you you’re safe, but never look you in the eye
Yesterday (on a Caturday even ) was International Tiger Day!
This is the Sumatran Tiger family at Tierpark Berlin.
These two girls seemed to love torturing their dad.
They sometimes stalked/ wrestled/ played with each other.
Or came to drink some water from the moat separating us from them.
A tiger's stripe pattern is unique, just like human figerprints. And it's not just the fur that's striped. If you were to shave a tiger (which you should not attempt to do unless that's the last thing you intend to do), you'd see the stripe pattern on their skin as well.
Sumatran tigers are the smallest of all tigers (but they're still big!) and the only island tigers not extinct. Yet. They're critically endangered as they lose their forests (where they can hunt deer, hogs and sometimes birds or monkeys) to palm oil production a logging. And hungry tigers will take a chance with humans. Which doesn't end well for either.
They are also threatened by poaching for body parts because of the stupid belief in healing powers and some other mumbo jumbo related to how owning a part of an animal is going to magically make you like that animal in some ways. Give you the courage, the strength, the eyesight of a tiger, make you fuck like an animal. The big text on the poster reads "you see a tiger, others a sexual enhancer".
There is no scientific corroboration to these beliefs, which include:
The tail of the tiger is sometimes ground and mixed with soap to create an ointment for use in treating skin cancer.
The bones found in the tip of the tiger's tail are said to ward off evil spirits.
Crushed tiger bones added to wine, served as a Taiwanese general tonic.
The feet of a tiger, when dipped in palm oil and hung in front of a door, are said to diminish the likelihood of evil spirits from entering.
Tiger's skin is said to cure a fever caused by ghosts. To use it effectively, the user must sit on the tiger's skin, but beware. If too much time is spent on the tiger's skin, legend says the user will become a tiger.
Adding honey to the gallstones and applying the combination to the hands and feet is said to effectively treat abscesses.
Burnt tiger hair can allegedly drive away centipedes.
Mixing the brain of a tiger with oil and rubbing the mixture on your body is an alleged cure for both laziness and acne.
Rolling the eyeballs into pills is an alleged remedy for convulsions.
The whiskers are used to cure toothaches.
One will allegedly possess courage and shall be protected from sudden fright by wearing a tiger's claw as a piece of jewellery or carrying one in a pocket.
Strength, cunning, and courage can allegedly be obtained by consuming a tiger's heart.
Floating ribs of a tiger are considered a good luck talisman.
The tiger's penis is said to be an aphrodisiac.
Small bones in a tiger's feet tied to a child's wrists are said to be a sure cure for convulsions.
Business is good at the Guo Lizhuang penis restaurant, which has 19 outlets across China. At Zhang’s branch, in Beijing’s well-heeled Sanlitun neighborhood, tables are booked weeks in advance, and the overwhelmingly male patrons of late middle age typically part with several hundred dollars for dishes that they believe will restore masculine or “yang” energy and, in turn, libido and sexual virility. A bull’s penis comes cheapest at 200 renminbi ($30); the most coveted is a fur seal’s penis at 2,800 renminbi ($400). “Fur-seal penis is the most expensive as it has lots of elements that are good for the body,” says Zhang, “but it’s also quite mild so you don’t get the inner fire.”
For that burn, there’s only one place to look. “In terms of nourishing the yang, tiger penis is definitely top. If you handle tiger penis properly, and mix together with Chinese herbs, it really has the best possible effect — much better than Viagra,” says Zhang.
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China’s growing affluence means that TCM is undergoing a legitimate renaissance, buoyed by government sponsorship as Beijing seeks to boost its global soft power.
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However, conservationists warn that TCM’s resurgence has spawned a lot of unregulated quackery that, in turn, is related to an uptick in wildlife trafficking — a nefarious global trade that, the U.N. says, already generates $19 billion a year.
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