KOTA KINABALU: Anteaters’ scales contain just keratin, the same substance found in fingernail, a conservationist said.
“It’s like eating your own fingernail,” said Danau Girang Field Centre director Dr Benoit Goossens, dispelling the belief that the scales have medicinal values.
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