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Article: CAN VIAGRA SAVE THE PLANET?; Impotence drug means rare creatures are less at risk.(News)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- July 29, 1999
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FOR centuries, Oriental medicine men have dismembered, pickled and powdered exotic creatures for pills, potions and lotions.
Rhino horn, monkey head, narwhal tusk, whale foetus and the private parts of seals, wolves and sea lions are all valued for their medicinal properties.
Not surprisingly, the male parts of animals are believed to have an aphrodisiac effect.
But the market is flagging - and it is having a dramatic impact on the Scottish Highlands.
One of the most prized aphrodisiacs is the penis of the red deer stag - the Monarch of ...