China promotes bear bile as coronavirus cure

Fox News ^ | 03/28/2020 | Peter Aitken

[43north]

That was the early 1990’s. I killed a charging black bear at my house in Wasilla, AK in May 1991. I told a USAF friend whose wife was Thai and he offered me $250 for the gall bladder. I was told it was used to make an aphrodisiac. Asians have strange beliefs.

[SgtHooper]

That, and the poachers in PA will starting poaching black bear, just like a few years ago.

[crusty old prospector]

Seems like they also made some fake afro out of elk antler soup. They had to be poached when they were still in velvet and fairly soft. Like they need any help procreating...

[tet68]

I understand that it works best if you do a little
dance while drinkin it.

It’s called the Bear Bile Polka!

Ta Dum!

[Libloather]

...the injection uses goat horn and dried fruit.

Isn't this what got us in trouble in the first place? Diversity is our strungth.

[Engedi]

Just like they cut shark fins off sharks and throw them back in water to die for sharkfin soup and also for aprodesiac. Now they will kill bears. Just sad.

[PA Engineer]

Not so crazy, just cruel when taurocholic acid can be harvested from cattle.

Lipid abnormalities are reported in all cases of infection, specifically conjugated bile salts.

Taurocholic Acid

The greatest risk for poor outcomes is insulin resistance. Insulin resistance results in poor bile salt conjugation because of down regulation of hepatic BAAT.

They aren't crazy or stupid. Cruel? Yes.

Bookmarked and BTTT.

[Colt1851Navy]

That’s why my neighbors are running around in the woods. We all know that a wild bear $=====

[Calvin Locke]

I have a vague memory of a CNN guy wearing a bearskin hat on broadcasts for a while.

(Until the People Eating Tasting Animals crowd complained.)

If he’s still around, he better not wear it and be mistaken for a bear during this bear-bile frenzy.

[RedElement]

The whole bat soup deal worked so well! What could possibly go wrong?

[Right Wing Assault]

You are going to run out of bears and people will hoard them. Make some synthetic bile fast.

[unread]

Yeah, let’s get right on this.....

[Savage Beast]

The entire world should force China to stop collecting bear bile. Their method of collection is hideously cruel!

[dfwgator]

Democrats Criticize Trump for not having enough Bear Bile on hand.

[vetvetdoug]

I used to get letters from Chinese asking me for bear bile and bear gall bladders. This all came from a news article where I necropsied a bear in practice. I noted they were willing to pay a great deal but the letters were quickly thrown into the wastebasket.

[WVNan]

...and people laugh at me when I tell them that my grandfather cured my Whooping Cough by feeding me a TBS of Kerosene and Sugar. Whatever works I guess.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Isn’t this how we got into this mess in the first place?

Weird animal parts prepared in unknown conditions carrying god knows what pathogens?

[SkyDancer]

Followed by moth wing tea.

[Leep]

Well, as long as the are restricted to China and Iran..I say have at it..maybe try some monkey eyes while they are at it?

[Ransomed]

Yeah, I’m thinking most people here don’t realize how it is harvested in China. Pretty horrific.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bile_bear

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