Only male chiefs could eat turtle meat.

只有男性首领才可以吃海龟肉。

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"They use turtle meat as food, they use turtle oil as medicine, they use turtle eggs as aphrodisiacs and other things."

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

He sees the giant sea turtle simply as a massive piece of meat to be charcoal-grilled and eaten, or sold and the cash spent to send his little daughter to school or hospital.

BBC: volunteers pulling a turtle to safety