Posted on 03/31/2020 9:17:13 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
We should mark all debt to China “paid in full”.
Sorry, wrong thread.
She Zheng-Li, from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Surely I believe everything she has to say..
Not this BS again...
Mammals the size of squirrels that fly.
Rocky is not impressed.
Or the lab needs to quit selling their specimens to the wet market for profit
Easy. Build a wall. Implement extreme vetting, like they used to have on Ellis Island, only better.
Alfred fought bravely, Robin. He will be remembered. But for now, run an ad for a butler who can keep secrets.
Another outstanding question is how a virus from bats in Yunnan could travel to animals and humans around 1,000 kilometres away in Guangdong, without causing any suspected cases in Yunnan itself. That “has puzzled me a long time”, says Tu.
That's a little Tu Fah.
That’s fun AND profit, gueh.
The bat caves in Africa were sealed off to people. Apparently it’s not just eating the bats, but visiting bat caves with deep guano can transfer their zoonotic diseases to humans.
Of course, selling diseased bats at the markets and slaughtering g them in unsanitary conditions makes it a million times more likely people will encounter the disease.
But Ebola proves a highly contagious disease starting in bats doesn’t require bat consumption to spread.
[The bat caves in Africa were sealed off to people. Apparently it’s not just eating the bats, but visiting bat caves with deep guano can transfer their zoonotic diseases to humans.
Of course, selling diseased bats at the markets and slaughtering g them in unsanitary conditions makes it a million times more likely people will encounter the disease.
But Ebola proves a highly contagious disease starting in bats doesn’t require bat consumption to spread.]
Boiled Bat in Lutukina Restaurants, Fiji To prepare the dish, chefs have to work hard. The thing is that the meat of the bat has a strong and rather unpleasant odor. To get rid of it, carcasses of bats are long soaked in a special sauce of chili and garlic. This exotic delicacy is quite common in Vietnam, where there are many ways to cook bats. Animals are caught in the numerous caves and then delivered to the restaurant, where chefs cook real culinary masterpieces.
Bats are not only added to the soup. They are also fried, and then served to the table with a spicy sauce. A special exotic supplement to the dish is a glass with the blood decanted during cutting a bat. Such dishes may seem simply awful for many Europeans, but in Asia they have a lot of fans. In Asian restaurants, if guests feel uncomfortable, it’s always offered to cut the carcass of a bat to make the dish not so scary. The treat is sure to appeal to all fans of spicy dishes. Experienced gourmets say that taste of bat’s meat is very similar to chicken.]
I found a link to reviews about a joint in Palau that serves fruit bat soup. Fascinating takes, and the closest I’ll ever get to dining on anything this exotic:
Scary? What about these giant bugs?
Yes. Although there are lengthy volumes detailing Kashrut (kosher food laws and practices) which I have not consulted, a rabbi said in a talk I attended that the purpose behind following the dietary restrictions is not for hygienic and disease avoidance reasons---but simply to follow the commands of God. These were not compiled by sages who observed effects of various animals upon illness trends. Meat and dairy separation was to honor ending animal cruelty (that a tiny chance of a baby calf being prepared in the mother's own milk existed). No use of hind quarter beef was to honor Jacob who hurt his sciatic nerve wrestling with the angel of God.
Without microscopes or any modern knowledge, the ruling out of shrimp took away the diseases that shrimp pick up from eating the bottom droppings, and the diseases of pigs and predatory birds and sharks. Much later it was found these spread diseases.
Amazing story.
Das Blinkenlights!!!
Bat guano is used as a fertilizer. It’s very potent.
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