Cats Likely Source of SARS, Say Researchers (Chinese delicacy likely source of deadly virus)

VOA News ^ | 5/23/03 | Katherine Maria

[Physicist]

I just knew this was the fault of Cats!

[sourcery]

Garfield, call your office!

[D. Brian Carter]

One of my favorite bumper stickers: "I love cats. They taste just like chicken".

And one of my favorite lines to use on cat lovers to truly show my disdain... "cats are for kickin' and eatin'"...

Apologies to the feline fans.

[GOP_1900AD]

So they traced the source. This still begs the question, was it natural or assisted? If natural, then why didn't it happen 1000 years ago?

[Physicist]

And I was so looking forward to what "Iron Chef Chinese" Chen Kenichi would do with it, when Chairman Kaga unveiled civet cat as the special ingredient.

[Exit148]

"So they traced the source.

I wonder what made them even think of the civet cat, in the first place?

[Physicist]

Civet "cats" are not cats. They do have cat-like faces, but are in the same family as the mongoose.

So civets are actually a kind of goose? ;^)

[Britton J Wingfield]

All your lung are belong to us.

[Spruce]

Hey! Who doesn't like to eat some pu**y once in a while?

[Dog Gone]

as well as in a badger and a raccoon dog.

Not in a 'coon dog!!!

I'm going to go out in the back yard and shoot Ol' Yeller right now.

[The Pheonix]

They probably suspected exotic wild animals, because the first SARS victim was a Guangdong chef who is famous for his exotic meat cooking skills.

They suspected the SARS virus might have originated in poulty but the first several victims were not poulty farm workers. So, it points to this chef, and points to other animals. They might have tested all the types of exotic animals this chef cooks

[txzman]

LOL! With the large Texas cats at my house, you'd better kick, -- run! ---, then eat. And when you eat it should be in another room. LOL.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Not just any old cats. Space alien cats.

[Free Trapper]

Animals of all kinds from all over the world are sent to the Asian markets.

SARS could have been sent to Asia from anywhere in the world if it didn't spring up in China,itself.

[xkaydet65]

ROTFLMAO!!!!

[PoorMuttly]

...All your infected mongeese are belong to us !...

Ever notice how most Chinese restaurants in the U.S. are situated next to pet shops or animal hospitals ?

No joke...they really are.

[PoorMuttly]

Interesting point.

[DannyTN]

"Civet "cats" are not cats. They do have cat-like faces, but are in the same family as the mongoose.

But can you tell the difference between the two when they are in Mongolian pork?

[The Pheonix]

Exotic meat should cost much more than farm bred animals,isn't it? Farming livestock have economy of scale, whereas exotic meat is available only when some hunters happens to bag one

so, why would any Chinese restaurant serve you exotic meat when farm meat are so much cheaper

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Interesting to say the least. Here's a link that might be of interest I posted today:

Click here.