Shark fins (China)

Exotic food is an integral part of travel experiences. Recently on themselves but increasingly faced efforts of conservationists eat certain "raw materials" chobham test track stop and cultural practices of local residents and curiosity for tourists who want to experiment with something unusual. Server News.com.au compiled a list of the most exotic dishes with which a traveler may encounter, along with the reasons why it is not certain:
Shark fins (China) "quarter shark species are threatened with extinction chobham test track and the demand for shark fins to this threat contributes substantially," said Professor Michael McCarthy, who is a conservationist from Melbourne University. The žraloční soup is most often can come across in China, where it is expensive dish traditionally served at weddings, welcome guests or to show respect in other formal occasions. In Asia, the consumption of shark fins and meat legal, Taiwan is the only Asian country to ban the controversial practice of hunting sharks just in order to cut off their fins and throw them back into the sea. Part of airlines and hotels in Hong Kong recently struck shark's fin from the menu and China banned their submission to government banquets.
Strnad Garden (France) Strnad songbird is widespread throughout Europe. In France, home to one of the largest populations strand, is a delight. Traditionally under her napkin, because it consumes a whole - is diced - and poking into his mouth at once. This dish also appeared in the last row of the television series Hannibal. Poachers illegally every year kill thousands Buntings and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) estimates that over the last decade, the number dropped to 30 percent.
Chinese Giant Salamander (China) Velemloci are the largest species of amphibians and live in the lakes and rivers of southern China. Over the last 30 years of excessive hunting for meat - sold for $ 1,000 (about 20 000 CZK) per item - their number fell by 80 percent and now is one of the critically endangered species on the IUCN list. Excessive hunting is signed not only to reduce the population Salamander, but also to reduce their size. Scientists believe that because hunters attempt to catch the greatest pieces already velemloci nedorůstají maximum length of 180 cm.
Huge Turtle (Cayman Islands) Travelers frequently encounter tortoises huge meat in the Cayman Islands, where it is regarded as a national food and its consumption chobham test track and breeding is legal. Up for grabs is but throughout the Caribbean and some southern states of the USA, although in the United States, the import, sale and transport of this species is illegal. We constantly decreasing number of cards vast and poor conditions in which they are kept in a single legal kennel in the Cayman Islands, according chobham test track to experts, are reason enough to make a person eating meat these sea turtles avoided.
Gorilla (Republic of Congo) Gorillas were driven to the brink of extinction due to the popularity of their meat. In cities such as Pointe Noire Congo gorilla meat is smoked freely - albeit illegally - sold in the markets. It is assumed chobham test track that a year is fished meat over 400 gorillas, despite the fact that this species is the critically endangered IUCN.
Pangolin (China) If you want to impress friends with stories about what exotic dish you have tasted, then Pangolin undoubtedly fulfill this task, despite its appearance, which does not attract too much to eat. A plate with meat from Pangolin most likely Sitting in China, where it is of course illegal hunting pangolins. Estimating the number of pangolin populations is difficult chobham test track with regard to nocturnal and reclusive lives of these creatures; all available data but talk about a steep decline. According to experts, the demand for pangolins decimated chobham test track populations chobham test track in Asia and now the hunt even in Africa, where it is heading to Asian restaurants.
Dolphin (Japan, Taiwan) Sale of dolphin meat for consumption in Japan is common and legal, although sometimes deliberately labeled as whale meat, which sells more expensive. Although the way in which the dolphins are killed, is controversial, none of the species of dolphins, which hunt in Japan, not on the endangered species list. In Taiwan, the hunting, sale and consumption of dolphin meat banned since 1989. Despite this, every year there illegally fished 1,000 dolphins and dolphin meatballs particularly in the western part of Taiwan commonly sold at street stalls.
Long-beaked echidnas Bruijn (Papua New Guinea) Long-beaked chobham test track echidnas Bruijn comes from Papua New Guinea, and on the brink of extinction came mainly due to hunting for human consumption. Long-beaked echidnas is one of two species of mammals that lay eggs - the other is the platypus - and as such is a key to understanding the evolution of animal mammals. The Government of Papua New Guinea has banned commercial whaling Long-beaked echidnas, but traditional hunting with dogs is allowed. In his original homeland Long-beaked echidnas are already very rare, but breeding programs in foreign zoos give them at least some hope for the future.
Frog Hvížďalkou (Dominica, Montserrat) Hvížďalkou Frog (Leptodactylus fallax), known as "mountain chicken" does not