The initial reaction of many people when seeing a gecko on the wall is to scream and seek cover. But they did not know that they could actually become millionaires if they caught such geckos.
Thailand is known as a trading center for many strange products including even underground insect eggs like red ant eggs. The latest animal to join the buying and selling trend in this country is the gecko.
According to China Press many Thai netizens have advertised on Facebook that they are ready pay 300 baht (nearly 220 thousand VND) for a kilogram of geckos and pay up to 300,000 baht (220 million VND) for a ton of geckos.
When contacting a gecko buyer in Thailand who A 35-year-old man named Lentivanon said he came from a poor family and his whole family only had one motorbike. After working abroad for ten years Lentivanon wanted to find a job in his homeland but continuously encountered difficulties. When the Covid-19 pandemic occurred, the situation became even worse.
After talking to a friend in Indonesia, this friend suggested that Lentivanon catch and dry geckos before selling them. they go to China. Lentivanon’s friend also sent him a dryer specifically used to dry geckos.
Since then work Lentivanon’s business thrived and he established a website Private Facebook dedicated to buying and selling live and dried geckos. His advertisement received a lot of response and Thai netizens rushed to catch and sell the geckos.
After purchasing and drying the geckos Lentivanon sold the product. This particular one is for a local boss from China. The geckos will then be exported to the Chinese market for medicinal purposes.
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