My cousin was asking me what was the estimated weight of the tuko (Tokay gecko) he was holding. I said it absolutely was but a hundred grams evidently. Successive day he asked me a similar question once more and requested to weigh it on my transportable digital scale. The load was but expected. It weighed solely fifty grams.
He said it absolutely was useless. The client is probing for tuko that is over five hundred grams every. The client can rear tuko as pet and willing to pay the maximum amount as five hundred pesos every.
Then my uncle brought home plenty of tuko recently. He eventually freed all of them because nobody wished to shop for. Maybe none of tuko passed the five hundred gram weight.
I was shocked to grasp that the important pricing for tuko trading vary from fifty, 000 pesos to 0.5 million every [from gma twenty four oras]. Consumers are principally from Southeast Asia. They’re using Tokay gecko as drugs for cancer and AIDS.
However the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau of Department of surroundings and Natural Resources (PAWB-DENR) stated that Tokay gecko assortment, rearing and trade is against the law. It’s stated in Republic Act 9147. Over assortment would possibly cause ecological imbalance like speedy increase of mosquito population.
Tuko isn't however within the list of endangered species however its assortment, rearing and trade continue to be unlawful. As of article date, no allow has given to anyone.
As cancer and aids cure, Tokay gecko is either dried and pulverized or broiled before eating. There aren't any scientific studies to prove this claim however.