Gecko has a property that is the gecko weigh more than 3 ounces and alive. In addition to the tongue, gall gecko reportedly also efficacious for the treatment of people suffering from AIDS.
Here's news that makes people have to buy an expensive price in order to save his life. As for since the days of our fathers, as a whole gecko meat can cure various diseases itch. Many people testified that itchy skin disease can be cured with a gecko baked or fried. Prices vary depending gecko weight and age of the gecko itself. Location geckos have special sales in some areas, such as Jakarta, Batam, Banjarmasin, Makassar, Pontianak, Surabaya, and Solo as well as other cities.
In Jatinegara Market, Jakarta, there is also a livestock market that provides a variety of wildlife, and rare ones, with cheap prices. In order to produce just a million adult-sized geckos, a facility would require , breeding females, 14, breeding males, 30, incubation containers in continuous use year-round and some , rearing cages — with a percent hatchling survival rate. Fundamental care of these geckos would require hundreds of employees and a constant supply of food, all of which add significantly to the overall costs.
In reality, the exporting companies involved were found never to have bred this species in commercial numbers and were known to supply the trade with wild-caught reptiles for the medicinal and meat trade, not for pets — regardless of the fact that the quotas stipulated export was of live specimens for the pet trade only. Indonesia is not alone. Protection for tokay geckos in the range states varies by country and international trade is currently uncontrolled — there are currently no mechanisms in place to assist countries in monitoring or regulating international trade or to collect accurate statistics on the international trade volumes.
As such, the international trade is largely a free-for-all. And all of this activity comes with a cost for the species. Studies have shown that such high trade levels are threatening wild populations, in particular in Indonesia and Thailand. In Bangladesh, populations have reportedly declined by as much as 50 percent. In view of the large-scale illegal and unsustainable trade — and taking into consideration the enormous numbers of wild-caught specimens laundered through bogus captive-breeding operations — India, the Philippines and the European Union have submitted a proposal to include the tokay gecko in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES.
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The fluid is supposedly used in China in the treatment of cancer. Buyers are willing to pay any price if they are sure that the fluid has come from a Tokay Gecko. There is no scientific proof of any supposed curative property of the body fluids of a Tokay Gecko, or any other gecko. However, scientists are studying these nocturnal lizards for the chemical composition of the glue that enables the animals to stick to almost any surface and hang upside down if necessary.
There have been attempts to see if this can be used as a superglue to capture space debris that threaten spacecrafts and satellites. There are also studies to check if this glue can be used to hasten the closing of wounds after surgery. All this means there is a demand for the Tokay Gecko and other geckos from laboratories as well, and they are being caught in larger numbers than ever before. The charm of living in Asia is the geckos, and it is a shame that someone managed to lure the Chinese into believing their bodily fluids help in any way against cancer.
I live in East Timor in a house where we have 4 Tokay Gecko. They have their own nests on our roof and have been living there for a year. Sometimes at night they show themselves but are extremely shy.
Everybody loves to ear them sing. Amazing animals. I strongly oppose this type of illegal trade, and makes me sad and feel about those poor animals whom are suffering because of us. Sign me up for the newsletter. By using this comment form you consent to the storing of your name and IP address on this website. To learn about where and why we store this data, please see our privacy policy. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.
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