Comments on: Flickr Finding: Foreign “Pharmacy”

By: newsBreaks.net » Photo of Chinese street pharmacy: falcons, seahorses, and flattened lizards

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:01:33 +0000

[...] Mark Frauenfelder: It’s nice to know that, in China, you will never find yourself short of dead falcons, seahorses, and flattened lizards, if this detail from a Flickr photo is any indication of what’s available from Xinjiang street vendors. Link (Thanks, Healthbolt!) [...]

By: keister

keister — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:18:12 +0000

Check out the handsaw next to all of the body parts……awesome photo!

By: Wade

Wade — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:28:11 +0000

Ooo, that’s a good one. Thanks. What a culture clash.

By: davr

davr — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:19:04 +0000

I took this picture while in Beijing in january ‘05:

http://davr.org/pict1042_med.jpg

(take off the _med for the higher res version)

The guy didn’t want me to take a picture (something about pictures stealing the power from his stuff), so I kinda had to stand across the street and use zoom, which is the reason for the poor angle.

By: A Welsh View

A Welsh View — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:41:43 +0000

Chinese Pharmacy…

The picture above shows a Chinese ‘pharamacy’. On offer is a falcon, snakes, flattened lizards and seahorses. Anyone know what the falcon cures?…

By: Tech Headlines

Tech Headlines — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:05:02 +0000

Photo of Chinese street pharmacy: falcons, seahorses, and flattened lizards…

Mark Frauenfelder: It’s nice to know that, in China, you will never find yourself short of dead falcons,…

By: Boing Boing

Boing Boing — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:04:40 +0000

Photo of Chinese street pharmacy: falcons, seahorses, and flattened lizards…

It’s nice to know that, in China, you will never find yourself short of dead falcons, seahorses, and flattened lizards, if this detail from a Flickr photo is any indication of what’s available from Xinjiang street vendors. Link (Thanks, Healthbolt!)….