Tuko

5/30/2011

Yesterday I was casually chatting with my brother online when he told me "kuya naghahanap ako ng tuko", meron akong buyer na magbabayad ng 300K for a 300g tuko! ( I am looking for a gecko, I know a buyer who will pay 300K for a 300g weight)

Growing up in province where "Tuko" is very common, (it can serve as your wake-up call anytime) I was shocked when he said the 300K for a gecko. I mean, who in the face of the earth will pay a 300K pesos for an ugly lizard!

Confused and unable to believe what he told me, I Googled "Tuko Price" and I came up with a Sulit web page, I opened the first page which shows "Tuko 450g"
and there it was, a skyrocketing price of 1,000,000 pesos for the 450g lizard!!!
I didn't mistype the zeros guys....its really 1M and they are saying they even cut the price from 1.5M to 1M. WTF!!!

If these prices are really true, I might consider quitting my job over a "Tuko" breeding project! hahaha, Tuko....tuko....tuko...

11 Comments

jaq

5/30/2011 09:32:28 am

manghuli tayo sa batangas!

Joen Marco

5/30/2011 10:02:06 am

Sabi ko sayo eh... para ngang gusto kong mag leave kahit 1 month to hunt those tuko.... hindi pangit ang tuko!! Ang ganda kaya ng balat nya, parang maong....hahahahaha

jep

5/30/2011 11:54:51 am

@ Jaq

Pano tayo manghuhuli e takot ka sa tuko kahit tunog lang tumatakbo ka na. hahaha

jep

5/30/2011 11:56:27 am

@ Joen Marco

Hahaha...hindi sya maganda...tsaka hindi mo nman yan kaya hawakan pano mo huhulihin.

Jep

5/30/2011 12:44:45 pm

Naiintriga pa rin ako sa presyo ng tuko so I made some research> Apparently target market for Tuko are foreign buyers. The is very little information in terms of why people buy this at high price, but the common information I found was it was believed to cure HIV/AIDS. No scientific proof or detailed procedure on how or why, but thats the reason why its expensive. One site mentioned a scarcity of supply in Malaysis for international buyers made them to move to thailand, Cambodia and countries like philippines just to buy tuko.

bong

5/30/2011 02:36:57 pm

Do you know what are the health benefits of tokay? Some people say and claim that Tokay Gecko can cure AIDS. According to World Health Organization (WHO) there is no cure for AIDS as this time. The wild-spread rumor about Tokay’s power of curing Aids is not supported with medical studies. Most people are saying that the Tokay Gecko used in medical studies because of the chemical that may help prevent or cure the spread of HIV. That's the reason the price of the Tokay gecko rise up. But it depends on how heavy this animal, because the bigger, the better it is effective.

Another so called benefit of tokay in medicine is that it has anti-tumor effects. Some experts from China develop drugs for the treatment of tumors from organs of the gecko, because the body is able to suppress the growth and the addition of tumor cells. A team led by a professor in the University of China, shows that the active substance that gecko has improve the immune response of an organism, but also induces tumor cell apoptosis to die naturally and suppress the growth of VEGF bFGF protein and, the factor endowments of developing cancer. Their findings were published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology. Also Tokay Gecko is used effectively as an alternative treatment to remove malignant tumors, especially tumors of the digestive system, ie surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Gecko has anti-tumor effects in vitro and in vivo induction of apoptosis of tumor cells and down-regulation of protein expression of VEGF and bFGF may be contributed to the antitumor effects of Gecko.

Tokay gecko give some used in medicine it has antibodies useful for human beings to neutralize toxins in the body known as an allergy to some of the classification of all types of skin allergies or respiratory allergies such as asthma, hives, scabies, eczema and others. There is Gecko asthma capsule can be taken daily to relieve asthma and cough. Some people also believe that the gecko can cure impotence, improve male sexual function and increase stamina.

kuya

5/31/2011 11:27:59 pm

nung time na sinabi ni joen na 300k PHP ang price ng tuko na 300g pumunta kaagad ako sa matandang bahay para tingnan ang tuko na dati nating naririnig don pero wala ng bakas na naroon pa sya. sayang.....hahaha

jep

6/1/2011 06:38:36 am

sayang naman, hahaha...sabi ng mga tuko expert, a healthy tuko grows average of 70 grams per year...ibigsabihin yung 300 grams e 5 taon na tuko. tanda n. hahaa

Joen Marco

6/1/2011 01:23:38 pm

isa na lang pag-asa... palakihin na lang yung alaga ni eugene na tuko... painumin nila dapat ng growth enhancer...hahahah

liz

6/12/2011 11:32:01 pm

i am living in uplb forestry and we have plenty of tuko here. pede cguro ako maging distributor haha. snakes are are also available. :)

jep

6/14/2011 10:15:56 pm

hahahaha...thanks for the comment...cge pag uwe ko manghuli tyo ng tuko dyn. hehehe...

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