Comments on: Japanese Fans Driving Turkish Stag Beetle Towards Extinction

By: dilaver

dilaver — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:48:53 +0000

I am turkish and I have lots of these waiting for sale, they lie, its not extinction these are only pests, and we sell them to the Japanese at ridiculus prices..

I am not complaining.

By: 羽之助

羽之助 — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:44:06 +0000

Are the research beetles eaten afterwards or sold in school lunches?

By: VonSkippy

VonSkippy — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:13:28 +0000

Maybe the beetles are just being collected for “Scientific Research” and then they’re sold to kids (ya know, after all the science is studied out of them).

By: hi

hi — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:15:25 +0000

Very sad news. This has to stop NOW.

By: TofuUnion

TofuUnion — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:23:52 +0000

Trading lots of stag beetles and other exotic insects like giant beetles or beautiful large size butterflies are harmful to ecosystem(for both #1 and #2 cases).

1. Risks of extinction, and disorder of local ecosystem in the area where people catch those insects.

2. Risks of transmitting ticks or diseases, and disorder of local ecosystem in the area where people bring those insects into.(Many kids release them by mistakes or intentionally.)

The similar cases of #2 have been happening with many other imported pet animals in Japan. You got to stop it.