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[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What I'm shocked about is there's a $14M black market for rhino horns and they're principled enough to not just sell dried glue shavings and call it rhino horn.

[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Wouldn't even be surprised if vietnamese use scientific methods to test the authenticity of the rhino horn in a lab to then proceed and ignore all scientific evidence that it doesn't do shit to treat their hangover.

[–] uhdeuidheuidhed@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a black market for rich people.

You can't get away with cutting their products as easily as you can selling drugs to high schoolers.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

You can just as easily grind up cow hooves from a slaughterhouse and sell those though.

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would also deny it. What's the news here?

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The news is he was responding to a question about his favorite flavor of ice cream.

[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Is it rhino horn?

[–] ptolemai@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Fta, "nothing to hide." He he