OT: Unerwartete Nebeneffekte von Viagra

verfasst von Popeye, 16.11.2002, 14:57

-->Conservation and Viagra

The kindest cut of all
Nov 14th 2002
From The Economist print edition


Viagra may help to save endangered species

WELL, it looks as though we were wrong. The rules of
rational behaviour seem to apply even in so irrational
a field as sympathetic magic. In 1998 we wrote, in an
article entitled “Why Rhinos recommend Viagra”, that
“Asians do not doubt the virtues of western medicine.
Many, however, assume that traditional varieties are
better for certain kinds of problems, ‘vigour' among
them.” In other words, we doubted that rhinos
(whose horns are allegedly consumed in powdered
form in the hope that they will stiffen resolve) really
did have any cause to cheer. But a paper about to be
published in Environmental Conservation suggests
that they might.

The results are preliminary, but the paper's authors,
Frank von Hippel, of the University of Alaska, in
Anchorage, and his brother Bill, of the University of
New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia, have shown
that the trade in such exotica as seal penises is
falling rapidly. They suspect, though they cannot yet
prove, that this is because men with “vigour”
problems who once placed their faith in penis soup
have found that Viagra works rather better.

The brothers von Hippel looked at three products
widely (and legally) traded as potency boosters:
harp-seal penises, hooded-seal penises and the
velvet from reindeer antlers. Between 1998—the year
that Viagra went on sale—and 2000, the catch of
harp seals and hooded seals in Canada (the main
source of supply) plummeted. The harp-seal catch fell
from about a quarter of a million (near the maximum
allowed) to less than 100,000. The hooded-seal catch
fell to ten, despite a permitted maximum of 10,000.

Of course, seals yield other products besides their
genitalia. But as well as falling catches, there were
falling prices, indicating a genuine drop in demand.
Before 1998, a seal penis was worth $70-100;
afterwards, only $15-20. And between 1997 and
1998, the market for antler velvet, the other
commodity the brothers investigated, fell by 72%.

None of the species that formed part of the study is
endangered, but some others that are traded as
potency boosters, such as sea horses and certain
species of sea cucumber, remain a cause for concern.
And rhinos are almost extinct.
Quelle: Economist

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