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Turning 100 gracefully
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 10/07/2022
» For mammals like humans, ageing is inevitable. No matter how many vitamins we take, skin sags, bones soften and joints stiffen over time. However, turtles and tortoises age more gracefully.
China's animal trade to spawn more viral outbreaks: experts
AFP, Published on 26/01/2020
» SHANGHAI - The animal-borne SARS virus 17 years ago was supposed to be a wake-up call about consuming wildlife as food, but scientists say China's latest epidemic indicates that the practice remains widespread and a growing risk to human health.
Expert: China's animal trade to bring more outbreaks
AFP, Published on 26/01/2020
» SHANGHAI: The animal-borne Sars virus 17 years ago was supposed to be a wakeup call about consuming wildlife as food, but scientists say China's latest epidemic indicates that the practice remains widespread and a growing risk to human health.
Chinese cooking star kills, chops up rare giant salamander on camera
Published on 17/03/2019
» A down-to-earth video chef with more than 10 million online fans was not expecting the stir he created when he introduced his audience to the art of preparing a meal out of a critically endangered giant salamander -- after killing it in front of the camera.
Giant Chinese salamander speeding toward extinction: study
AFP, Published on 21/05/2018
» TAMPA - The world's largest amphibians, giant Chinese salamanders, were once thought to be widespread but now face imminent extinction due to illegal poaching and hunting as a luxury food, researchers said Monday.
Festive fine dining par excellence
Holiday Time, Noel Maclean, Published on 18/12/2015
» Some restaurants more than others lend themselves to big celebrations such as Christmas and New Year. Rib Room & Bar, the unapologetically haute cuisine French grill restaurant and sexy skyline scrutinizing post perched atop The Landmark Bangkok Hotel, is incontrovertibly one of them.
Endangered giant salamander celebrated in China - on plates
AFP, Published on 24/09/2015
» BEIJING - A critically endangered amphibian found itself at the centre of a new Chinese festival on Thursday, officials said -- promoted as a "350 million year old" health treatment and served up on plates.
Officials 'dined on giant salamander'
AFP, Published on 27/01/2015
» BEIJING - Chinese officials feasted on a critically endangered giant salamander and turned violent when journalists photographed the luxury banquet, according to media reports Tuesday on the event which appeared to flout Beijing's austerity campaign.
River "monster" takes a walk
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/01/2015
» Here is a story that attracted a lot of readers last year: Salamanders are not always small and colourful. In some places of the world they can be big enough to be confused with river monsters, as was the case recently in Kyoto, Japan.
Patrimony imperilled
Life, L. Bruce Kekulé, Published on 27/02/2012
» Some 60 million years ago, the tectonic plate on which the Indian subcontinent rests precipitated a collision that creating a ripple effect across Southeast Asia, the uplifting of land causing the formation over time of many mountain ranges. Most of these run from north to south creating a blanket upshot across northern Thailand as well as areas in Myanmar and Laos. This terrain is divided into many mountains and valleys with rivers that bring life to the region and its people.