An article in the March 28 edition of Time Magazine about tigers mentioned that wealthy Taiwanese were spending US $ 300 per bowl of Tiger penis soup to gain the virility of a tiger. The article included a picture of "a tiger penis."
三月廿八日出版的美國「時代」雜誌一篇報導老虎的文章提到，富裕的台灣人付三百美金喝一碗虎鞭湯，因為他們相信如此可以讓自己如老虎般強壯，文中並附有虎鞭照片一張。