This article is taken
from the SUN newspaper August 2010:
Turtle Egg Buying Frenzy
Talk that turtle eggs can boost the sex lives of the elderly has created a frenzy in Trengganu, China Press reported yesterday.
A recipe for sustaining an active sex life, has sent many local folk making a beeline for the illegal stalls selling turtle eggs at Pasar Besar Kedai Payang in Kuala Trengganu.
The report said that although the commercial sales of turtle eggs are strictly prohibited in the state, these stalls are doing a roaring business, including getting bulk orders from as far away as Kuala Lumpur.
Salleh Sollah, 52, a hawker who has been in the trade for 20 years and was selling the eggs of green sea turtles, or Chelonia Mydas, at RM3 each, said the eggs could fetch as much as RM6 each during the off-peak season. When told it is against the law for him to sell turtle eggs, Salleh said he did not think he was doing anything wrong as he has not selling turtle meat.
"My man doesn't need turtle eggs."
"Because he knows they don't make him more potent."
The environmentalists behind the campaign say they are trying to reach men who buy turtle eggs from street vendors for a dollar and eat them raw with lime and a pinch of salt in the belief they are a natural form of Viagra.
"We said, 'Let's have a sexy girl saying that the man I choose doesn't need sea turtle eggs!
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