[Wissa]

Now there will be a run on bear bile at Costco.

[Artemis Webb]

[exDemMom]

Awesome. Now bears will go extinct in China, even as a brand new bear virus joins the bat virus Covid-19 to become a pandemic.

Nasty diseases come from wild animals. Maybe it’s not a good idea to eat anything that moves.

[Bob434]

Swell- so chinese are gonna be coming here in droves illegally, spreading more virus, while poaching our bears- so they can get rich selling a product that does absolutely nothing

[miss marmelstein]

But their #s are accurate.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Who doesn’t have this in their medicine cabinet?

[Deepeasttx]

If Trump would have said this, and some doofus lost his life frantically trying to milk a bear’s gall bladder, the next election would have to go to Creepy Joe.

We can’t have two cases of Trump falsely claiming cures. Duh

[hanamizu]

Before anyone gets too excited by this, it is important to remember that all cultures are equal. In fact, non-Western cultures are probably superior and that disparaging a culture’s belief system is racist. So get some bear bile and enjoy a hearty bowl of bat soup.

Now do I really need the /s?

[Trailerpark Badass]

What, no tiger penis?

[rktman]

Lucky for the once vast polar bear herds that they are all gone now and don’t need to fear being hunte—————— Oh!?

[jz638]

Is this the Chinese equivalent to essential oils?

[crusty old prospector]

I remember a National Geographic article several years ago about the declining numbers of black bears in and around the Smokies. Seems as if the Chinese shaman had convinced the locals to kill them for two things - their gall bladder to make some sort of Spanish fly and their paws to make some sort of soup. Let’s say they were paid something like $200 here for the wares and by the time it got to China, it was worth like $20,000. Kind of like the ivory trade.

[Fungi]

Can’t wait for Fake Jake Tapper to promote this on CNN.

[Larry Lucido]

"I'll be all right. I just need to suck on some deer penis."

[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.

[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.

[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.....