You Can Buy Fresh Crocodile Meat in China Supermarket

Star Chang, May 5, 2013 3:52 PM, 1,290 views, 7 Comments »,

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A supermarket in Guangzhou sells fresh crocodile meat became headlines across China’s major online news website. The supermarket marks different part of the crocodile with different price. The most expensive is the crocodile tail at the price of 230 yuan per kilogram (US$40 per kilo), the body meat is 164 yuan (US$26.5) per kg and the head is the cheapest, priced only at 70 yuan (US$11.30) per kg. In Guangdong province, the people there are famous for “eating everything,”but with more and more Chinese being aware of the importance of protecting wildlife animal, Chinese netizens are divided on whether crocodile should be banned from dining plate. It is understood that the crocodile is not an endangered species that is under state protection. In the west, you won’t find slaughter crocodile meat in supermarket placing side by side with other seafood. Crocodile meat is not only a gourmet dish in China, but practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine also believe it can cure asthma and similar respiratory illnesses.

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The Poultry Feather Removal Machine Might be The Infection Source of China’s Bird Flu Virus (Video)

Star Chang, Apr 22, 2013 12:09 AM, 1,459 views, Got something to say ?,

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[UPDATE] Almost four weeks after China reported finding a new strain of bird flu in humans, experts are still stumped by how Chinese people are becoming infected. The new virus, known as H7N9, has killed 17 people in China and infected 66 others (Update:cases in China rise to 108) in the country, mostly along the eastern seaboard. Authorities believe that patients who live in cities are most likely to have been exposed to the virus at live poultry markets where birds are slaughtered upon purchase. An example of a potential infection is the machines commonly used by Chinese poultry sellers to remove feathers from chickens. The birds are dipped into hot water in tubs that spin at high speeds, and liquid particles containing the virus could be dispersed in a spray. The virus can be easily inhaled this way. In addition, poultry sellers might have not entirely clean their poultry depilating machines. This is what the experts suspect to be a major environmental exposure that causes human infections …

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What Has Caused China to Emerge a Two-Headed Pig ?

Randy Cheung, Apr 16, 2013 12:16 AM, 716 views, Got something to say ?,

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The piglet, which has two heads, two ears and a shared eye, was born in a Chinese village of Jiujiang in Jiangxi province, southeast China. The little piggy was supposed to be sent for slaughter, but the owners said they wanted to care for it instead. A local vet said the rare deformity meant the animal would find it difficult to survive. The piglet’s condition is known as polycephaly. It is the result of when an embryo begins to split into twins but the process then stops in its early stages. The mutation, occurs across animals, including humans …

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Unknown Skeleton of Sea Creature Found in China Sea Water (Video)

Randy Cheung, Mar 29, 2013 2:02 AM, 2,523 views, 4 Comments »,

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A skeleton of an unknown marine mammal was pulled from sea waters by a Chinese fisherman in Qingdao, Shandong Province gets publicize. The skeleton, with 153 joints, is 3.5 meters long. The head of the beast resembles a Chinese dragon, while the main body appears to be more snake-like. No one has yet identified the skeleton’s species. Judging from the pictures and video footage, all the bones and joints look like men-made sculpture, the whole story might be a hoax …

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You Can Now Fish Dead Pigs Out of Shanghai River (Video)

Star Chang, Mar 10, 2013 8:50 PM, 1,075 views, Got something to say ?,

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[UPDATE 2] Shanghai found more than 1200 2800 5900 dead pigs in the main river that provides drinking water for the city’s residents. The government said water quality so far hasn’t been affected (hard to believe …). Shanghai’s agriculture commission have carried out bio-safety treatment on the retrieved dead pigs, and investigation has been carried out. The committee said so far it has not received reports of animal epidemic outbreaks in the city. In the meantime, local authorities are still retrieving, or you can describe as fishing dead pigs inside the river to avoid water contamination. The dumping is the latest environmental scare in China. Last year, a Chinese mining firm dumped toxic cadmium into Longjiang river and triggered panic buying of bottled water. We will also not forget the ‘river of milk’, where a trading company loads and unloads latex into the river …

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This is How Chinese Zoo Mistreats a Polar Bear (Video)

Star Chang, Feb 27, 2013 7:17 AM, 1,398 views, 1 Comment »,

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A video of the poor living conditions of a polar bear at the Beijing Zoo, posted by a micro-blog user, elicited a flood of comments and anger on Chinese social network last week. The video shows a polar bear slowly making its way across a barren, drained swimming pool littered with sheets of cracked and peeling paint. The zoo officials explained that the paint is a waterproof fiberglass coating, and that significant temperature changes during the winter cause it to crack and peel from the concrete below. The zoo said it will fix it asap. This kind of mistreatment at zoos is unacceptable, the sad polar bear just need some ice chunks and diving …

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How Dogfighting is being Used for Gambling in Beijing (Video)

Kevin Chen, Oct 19, 2012 8:19 AM, 1,720 views, 12 Comments »,

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Dogfights for gambling is on the rise in Beijing. Two dogs, usually American Pit Bull Terriers are unleashed upon one another resulting in critical, often fatal wounds while spectators root for the dog they have gamble on. Beijing’s dogfight market has just developed. The amount of the bets are still small and the dogs are not particularly strong. The total bets for a fight can reach 200,000 yuan (US$32,000). Meanwhile, Beijing’s market are less competitive than those from other provinces …

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Mischievous Monkey Destroys Tourist’s iPhone in China

Kevin Chen, Oct 15, 2012 3:33 AM, 1,219 views, 3 Comments »,

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During the China national holiday, a young man has been compensated for damage to his iPhone 4 after it was snatched by a monkey in a monkey park in Benxi, Liaoning Province, northeast China. The Mischievoust monkey escaped from its cage in the park to beg for food among the thick crowds of tourists. When visitors began feeding the monkey, the young man took out his Apple gadget to take pictures of the scene. When the monkey heard the shutter sound effect from the camera phone, it rushed toward the man and grabbed away the iPhone 4 before returning to its cage …

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Chinese Competitors Carry Live Pigs in ‘Hercules’ Race (Video)

Star Chang, Oct 9, 2012 10:57 PM, 1,559 views, 1 Comment »,

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Pig-carrying is one of the third National Fitness Festival introduced to boost exercise in the Hunan province of China. A competitor will carry two pigs in the ‘Hercules’ challenge race. Carrying more than 98 pounds of squealing live pig in each hand, the competitors had to bring home the bacon in the fastest possible time. The would-be strongest man has to carry the pigs 32 yards, along with other tasks. Some of the competitors effortlessly lifted the pigs across the finish line …

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Cow Beauty Pageant in China Featuring Bikinis Girls (Video)

Star Chang, Aug 28, 2012 7:44 PM, 1,368 views, 1 Comment »,

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The first ever beauty pageant for cows is being held in Shanxi province, North China region. Sexy models were posing with the cows and the farmers during the event. A total of 200 cows from 11 farms have joined the competition, and the organizer will choose the winners based on milk quality, appearance and pedigree. We feel that the organizer was just putting a marketing hype on this, watching which is the most beautiful cows to be crown sound pretty boring, let add in ‘cow modeling’ with sexy boobs, and get the hot Chinese chick to squeeze out the cow’s milk … Video and more pics after the jump.

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