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Strange new bump in cancer cases soon to be discovered in middle aged Chinese men.
Whenever someone brings up "traditional Chinese medicine" as somehow being better, remember that Chinese folk remedies are almost entirely responsible for rhino poaching.
And various species of pangolin being endangered or critically endangered.
Seriously though, does a rhino horn have any circulatory connection to the rhino?
Because if not, something to consider would be injecting some sort of incredibly toxic poison that cannot be detected. Then if it's ever consumed, the person consuming it dies or is made incredibly sick.
Then poachers won't know which rhinos have been tainted, so all horns will be suspect and people purchasing them will stop.
does a rhino horn have any circulatory connection to the rhino?
So no:
But wouldn't the poison leach out into water and harm other animals and potentially the rhino?
Would probably be some kind of crime but I'm all for it. Not sure it would stop sales though. Sellers would just lie about it like the baby formula.
If it's deadly enough the buyers market will eventually disappear from lack of demand either way :)
Poacher Fighting Mutant Rhinos! Poacher Fighting Mutant Rhinos! Poacher Fighting Mutant Rhinos!
Pachyderm Superior!
Horny Power!
process is harmless to rhinos but will allow customs officers to detect smuggled horns as they're transported across the world
Woot no animals harmed. The bar is really low for me on this timeline.
this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2025
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