Endangered Animals Lobby for Viagra to be covered by insurance companies

At this point in the 21st century, it is safe to say that everybody and their uncle knows about Viagra. The inarguable effectiveness of this drug, and the condition that it treats have given it a larger than life reputation. It's not uncommon to hear people, whether they use it or not, refer to it as a “wonder drug”, or “miracle pill.” The truth is however that, as revolutionary as this medicine was and still is, a miracle had nothing to do with. On the contrary, it is only the hard work of scientists that went to school for many years and that invested lots of hours on and trial-and-error research, that can be credited with the development of this helpful treatment.

A particular tall tale related to this medication involves endangered species. According to some scientists (not the kind that went to school for many years), the emergence and low price of Viagra online can and indeed has spared such species as rhinoceros from certain extinction. This would be because rhino horn is allegedly a very sought after aphrodisiac. Yes, just like that Futurama episode where some aliens wanted to harvest Frye's “human horn” for sexual purposes. Other supposed animal aphrodisiacs include turtle eggs and tiger penis. It's hard to determine which species has it worse, but I'd go with the tiger.

In reality, while rhino horn is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, it is meant to treat fever and convulsions. Not that that isn't equally preposterous or does not promote poaching as using it to cure erectile dysfunction would, but the fact of the matter is that Viagra can't really do anything for this poor creatures, unless they somehow come up with an animal-exclusive form of the medicine that would make these animals go on a sexual frenzy and quickly repopulate the forests, or jungles or wherever it is that they live. Sadly, this is also unlikely, since Viagra itself is not an aphrodisiac and it does not increase libido or produce unexpected erections, unlike an old episode of Mad About You would have you believe.

It is a sad state of affairs, but tree-huggers can take solace in the fact that thanks to Viagra, at least the human race isn't likely to disappear in the foreseeable future. If we can be serious for a minute, communication and trust between a man and a woman is the best aphrodisiac there is, and if that doesn't work, a nice fur coat will most certainly do the trick.