Lite Beer Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Gecko exports thriving in Nakhon PhanomBy Digital Media NAKHON PHANOM, May 3 - Gecko exports in the northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom has become a lucrative business with total export value of at least ten million baht a month.According to information from the wildlife checkpoint in Nakhon Phanom, entrepreneurs buy the lizards for export to China and Vietnam during this season with more than 100,000 geckos being exported each month. A gecko can fetch a price ranging from 30-100 baht depending on its size.Normally, in summer, about Bt10 million is circulated monthly in the province’s gecko export business.In 2012, more than 1.4 million geckos were exported, accounting for an income of over 140 million baht.Kritsada Sakornwong, head of the Nakhon Phanom wildlife checkpoint said that gecko exports are permitted as a business, but permission must be asked to export the lizards. The authorities will soon try raising the animals to promote as a local business to help local people earn extra income. (MCOT online news) -- TNA 2013-05-03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tominbkk Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Are people eating them? Ewww... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squarethecircle Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 There are some gigantic geckos in Nakhon Phanom...the biggest one I've seen was around a foot and a half. I bet they use them to make some snake oil medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Are people eating them? Ewww... Mmmm... yummy! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 If you haven't tried it don't knock it. They are delicious. Taste like chicken. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GentlemanJim Posted May 3, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2013 If you haven't tried it don't knock it. They are delicious. Taste like chicken. Taste 'like' chicken. Eat enough cardamom and cumin seeds and your s**t will taste like curry, it's still s**t though 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamypoko Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 If you haven't tried it don't knock it. They are delicious. Taste like chicken. Taste 'like' chicken. Eat enough cardamom and cumin seeds and your s**t will taste like curry, it's still s**t though is there corn in curry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 They want to watch out the government doesn't put a subsidy on the trade and ruin the whole shebang. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbamboo Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Geckos are the new rice...! And Thailand is the world export leader. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 If you haven't tried it don't knock it. They are delicious. Taste like chicken. Taste 'like' chicken. Eat enough cardamom and cumin seeds and your s**t will taste like curry, it's still s**t though Nothing wrong with shit, 20 trillion flies endorse it daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eesat Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 The big Tokay Geckos are in big demand in The Philippines also,for sale to the Chinese who fight them.They can fetch up to 3 million pesos for a prime specimen,or about USD $75,000!They are known as the pitbull of the gecko world and if one bites you one of the only ways to get it to release you is to hold it underwater until it breathes again! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokay_gecko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonjelly Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 sad news.... unfortunately, the bounty will only go higher the rarer they become until there's none left...... save the tokays!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lemonjelly Posted May 3, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2013 I think the only way to save what wildlife we still have on Planet Earth is to convince the Chinese that eating other Chinese people increases your sexual powers. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eesat Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I think the only way to save what wildlife we still have on Planet Earth is to convince the Chinese that eating other Chinese people increases your sexual powers. I like your thinking,population control thrown into the bargain also,everyone's a winner! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bigbamboo Posted May 3, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2013 I think the only way to save what wildlife we still have on Planet Earth is to convince the Chinese that eating other Chinese people increases your sexual powers. I like your thinking,population control thrown into the bargain also,everyone's a winner! That would give a new meaning to the phrase, "Fancy a Chinese?" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post willyumiii Posted May 3, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2013 Are people eating them? Ewww... The Chinese are making a "medication" from Tokay tongues they claim cures HIV ! The Chinese need to be convinced that a medication made of small Chinese penises cures stupidly! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumu Ali Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 The Hub of Reptiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fgis Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Hi, Do you know where they sell geckos in bottles ? Similar to snake wine on Asiansnakewine.com ??? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiyada Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Hi, Do you know where they sell geckos in bottles ? Similar to snake wine on Asiansnakewine.com ??? Thanks. Call me, I will get a bottle of wine and drop a geko into it for you, plenty around here, a Tokay might be a bit of a struggle to fit down the neck though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminomadic Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I think the only way to save what wildlife we still have on Planet Earth is to convince the Chinese that eating other Chinese people increases your sexual powers. best post i've seen on any forum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby nz Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 If they in actual fact farm them and only export the farmed ones and outlaw any caught in the wild then fair enough. Same as with crocs, pigs ( yes there are wild pigs in this country) and any other animals for that matter. Like the idea of promoting the eating of Chinese. Would also like to see the export of all the wild and semi wild dogs that roam this country. But didn't they just stop a shipment of dogs yet they cant stop the export of geckos which are a true wild animal (reptile)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 (edited) If they in actual fact farm them and only export the farmed ones and outlaw any caught in the wild then fair enough. Same as with crocs, pigs ( yes there are wild pigs in this country) and any other animals for that matter. Like the idea of promoting the eating of Chinese. Would also like to see the export of all the wild and semi wild dogs that roam this country. But didn't they just stop a shipment of dogs yet they cant stop the export of geckos which are a true wild animal (reptile)? And now, a word from our sponsor. Edited May 3, 2013 by ratcatcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notime Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I haven't try geckos myself but my cats love them and knowing how fussy they are with all the other food, geckos must be a good tucker (for cats). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meand Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 This is absolutely great news..... for the cockroaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 This is absolutely great news..... for the cockroaches. When cane beetles decimate the sugar cane, they will be begging for them back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungmi Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 It's not only in Nakhon Phatom. In my Wat we have three big geckos. One in the temple, one in the cuty of the abbot, one in my clinique. Gecko traffickers came to bargain for the geckos. I had in my car a water gun from Songkhran I took it and they fled away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songhua Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 The thought of being cooked must have them climbing the walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungmi Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Another topic. In a book for monks staying in a Wat they have information from the geckos. If the recall of the Geckos is 5 the Wat is 50%/50%. 6 is o.k. you can stay, but not sure. 7 is a good prediction, you have good place. More than 7, you can have awakening in this Wat. I investigates this (sayasaad, superstition) with my abbot. Conclusion: Where geckos have their free place, enough insects to eat, people accepting their environment, they grow up and can shouting more then 8 times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimamey Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 The big Tokay Geckos are in big demand in The Philippines also,for sale to the Chinese who fight them.They can fetch up to 3 million pesos for a prime specimen,or about USD $75,000! They are known as the pitbull of the gecko world and if one bites you one of the only ways to get it to release you is to hold it underwater until it breathes again! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokay_gecko I'd pay to see that, a Chinese man fighting a gecko. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlejuice Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 These are fascinating animals. There are a couple of them that live around our property and I really love they`re tukka call. There is one that does the rounds in our area, it stays on different days among the houses in our neighborhood. Enjoy it`s calls during the night and always in hope that no one decides to harm this gecko. Now there is all this publicity that these animals are worth money will not help the situation. For commercial purposes these animals should be breed on special farms and left alone in the wild. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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