Friday 20 November 2009

Question for November 20

The South China tiger or South Chinese tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis), also known as the Chinese, Amoy, or Xiamen tiger, is a subspecies of tiger native to the forests of Southern China and is the most critically endangered of any living tiger subspecies. In 2001, Chinese Zoologists tried something very unusual to address the depleting population of the tigers. In fact, what they tried is commonly used to address something related but completely different problem in humans. Though, even in humans that is not the only use, it is often used to help football players cope with high altitudes in South America. What did they try?

Hint: It helps footballers by improving their blood flow.

8 comments:

shiv said...

I could be out of line here... but my guess is they used Viagra??

Nikhil said...

Viagra.

Dev said...

Aspirin/Ibuprofen/Viagra? I know that these drugs increase blood flow...maybe they help as an aphrodisiac for tigers.

Rahul said...

They prescribed Viagra, Levitra or Cialis? ;)

Gypsy said...

Viagra/Cialis to improve blood flow?
Dunno what football players use...has to be some drug containing same group of compounds!

PS said...

blood doping

misfit said...

Adrenalin?

The Answer said...

Viagra it is. Congrats to those who got it.