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It was World Pangolin Day the other day apparently - if you don't know what a pangolin is, there are different species in different parts of the world, but basically they are amongst the sweetest, most amazing little creatures out there. Unfortunately they're critically threatened because of humans who don't just eat them but use parts of them for all sorts of medicine and magic.
I read an article in the newspaper today about them, which had something that caught my eye and seemed a bit off, factually speaking - a claim that pangolin scales are used to make 'shabu shabu' or methamphetamine in Indonesia!
(eg. The hunt for the pangolin, the world's most trafficked mammal)
This got me Googling and besides this bizarre claim, I also found a claim that the scales contain tramadol hydrochloride, and that methamphetamine contains tramadol, repeated in a number of web pages in atrocious grammar.
eg. US drug circuit high on pangolins smuggled out of Madhya Pradesh! | Bhopal News - Times of India
I've been unable to find anything verifying this, except the scales do apparently have some analgesic activity.
Does anyone know anything about this?
(p.s. if you buy products containing pangolin you are dead to me!)
I read an article in the newspaper today about them, which had something that caught my eye and seemed a bit off, factually speaking - a claim that pangolin scales are used to make 'shabu shabu' or methamphetamine in Indonesia!
(eg. The hunt for the pangolin, the world's most trafficked mammal)
This got me Googling and besides this bizarre claim, I also found a claim that the scales contain tramadol hydrochloride, and that methamphetamine contains tramadol, repeated in a number of web pages in atrocious grammar.
eg. US drug circuit high on pangolins smuggled out of Madhya Pradesh! | Bhopal News - Times of India
I've been unable to find anything verifying this, except the scales do apparently have some analgesic activity.
Does anyone know anything about this?
(p.s. if you buy products containing pangolin you are dead to me!)