Rawalpindi: Looking for a “miracle cure”
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Oils extracted from the 'Dhab' or the spiny tailed lizard are believed to cure various ailments including muscular and joint pain, and is also believed to be an aphrodisiac. The spiny-tail lizard is hunted on a large scale in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh. An official with the Pakistan Wildlife Foundation, Waseem Ahmed, tells Dawn: “There is no reality in the benefits of the oil of spiny-tail lizard since its fats are no different from that of any other reptile or animal.”
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Oct 23, 2013 02:12pm
Beautiful creature...
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Oct 23, 2013 08:31pm
Can't believe it that superstitious people looking for cure in poor creatures. We human would do anything to save our selves from death
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Oct 23, 2013 11:47pm
I hate to see such a wonderful creature hunted and slaughtered if it is not based on medical certainty. That would be tragic. Much like the hunting of rhinos for their horns for the "medicinal" cures they purportedly have, which in reality is non-existent. How many more species must become extinct before humans figure this out?
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