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Fruit bats and Ebola, but why?
lumibyte ^
| September 11, 2014
| By Lumibyte
Posted on 10/19/2014 7:07:16 AM PDT by dennisw
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10/19/2014 7:07:16 AM PDT
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dennisw
To: dennisw
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:08:32 AM PDT
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dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
To: dennisw
Fruit bat caves are piled high with their feces. A perfect Ebola breeding ground and place for it to mutate into worse forms of Ebola
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10/19/2014 7:10:06 AM PDT
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dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
To: dennisw
Black plague
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10/19/2014 7:11:38 AM PDT
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dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
To: dennisw
Bats seriously creep me out. I do recognize their role in keeping the insect population in check, but they carry so many diseases.
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10/19/2014 7:12:05 AM PDT
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exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: dennisw
Becuase they don’t roll up so well...
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:14:25 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: dennisw
" But humans are, especially in the tropics, constantly expanding into bat habitat. This of course increases the risks of humans coming into contact with these animals. "
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:16:57 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: dennisw
Christian missionaries in those parts of the world would do well to recognize that there was a communal benefit to the ancient Jews being instructed to refrain from eating certain categories of meats as well as other hygienic instructions.
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:17:01 AM PDT
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fso301
To: dennisw
Really interesting. Thanks for posting.
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10/19/2014 7:19:58 AM PDT
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JimSEA
To: exDemMom
Bats seriously creep me out. I do recognize their role in keeping the insect population in check, but they carry so many diseases.
As one who had been bitten by a rabid bat I do not seek their company.
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:30:12 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: dennisw
Bat meat is sold in open air markets in Africa.
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:46:32 AM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(Bomb ISIS; bomb them again; bomb them again; kill all survivors; take no prisoners.)
To: dennisw
The problem is not one of fruit bats living too close to humans, but rather humans eating fruit bats and most anything else in what they call “bushmeat”
From what I have been told bushmeat is either only partially cooked or uncooked and then allowed to spoil before consuming, for the “flavor”. (Western pipeline workers tell stories about the awful smell of the native laborers gleefully lunching on bushmeat)
West Africa is loaded with humans that act primitive and seem to have little concern with food safety. Add on the warm humid climate and its like they are living in a lab experiment, that sometimes goes bad.
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10/19/2014 7:50:27 AM PDT
by
X-spurt
(CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
To: BuffaloJack
Would it be any better if bat meat were sold in climate-controlled Publix stores?
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:54:31 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Feeling fine about the end of the world!)
To: Tax-chick
Bats are not meant for food.
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:58:13 AM PDT
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Kackikat
(Two wrongs do NOT make a right.... unless you are a Democrat!)
To: Kackikat
I certainly don’t plan to eat one, even if they turn up vacuum-packed in the freezer case at my local Food Lion.
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10/19/2014 8:00:20 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Feeling fine about the end of the world!)
To: dennisw
Contrary to rats, bats do not like to live near humans.
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Good posting.
However, in Austin TX there is a bridge or overpass in town where millions of bats fly out everyday near Sundown and lots of residents and travelers are there to watch and film. This location is not in the boonies, but within the city.
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posted on
10/19/2014 8:04:09 AM PDT
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octex
To: Tax-chick
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10/19/2014 8:05:05 AM PDT
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Kackikat
(Two wrongs do NOT make a right.... unless you are a Democrat!)
To: Kackikat
It’s one of those, “How hungry would I have to be ...” things, and I’m very glad I’ve never been that hungry.
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10/19/2014 8:06:22 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Feeling fine about the end of the world!)
To: dennisw
I will admit to being “prejudiced” against bats. Ever since I was a little girl and I heard about a woman who had a bat fly into her hair and get tangled up there. I hate bats and just after sundown I see them swooping around in my back yard. ICK! Bat hater here, even more than before!
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posted on
10/19/2014 8:07:18 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Tax-chick
Well....I have faith that God has something better for me to eat than bats...and the Scripture says “I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their seed begging bread.” I’ll be quoting that if comes down to bats for food...lol
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10/19/2014 8:13:43 AM PDT
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Kackikat
(Two wrongs do NOT make a right.... unless you are a Democrat!)
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