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Chinese Coronavirus Outbreak Traced Back To Snakes, Study Finds
Study Finds ^ | January 23, 2020 | John Anderer

Posted on 01/23/2020 7:15:15 AM PST by C19fan

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I was talking to a co-worker originally from China. She mentioned this now notorious seafood market is right next to the maim train station of Wuhan.
1 posted on 01/23/2020 7:15:15 AM PST by C19fan
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I read another article which claimed that the initial attribution to snakes was incorrect; instead the source is bats.

We’ll see.


2 posted on 01/23/2020 7:17:22 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Pearls Before Swine

From the article the virus originated in bats then was transmitted to snakes then to humans. One has to keep in mind the virus was recombining with other viruses during its development.


3 posted on 01/23/2020 7:20:50 AM PST by C19fan
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Laboratory snakes...or bats?


4 posted on 01/23/2020 7:21:00 AM PST by OpusatFR
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Don’t some Chinese believe that consuming certain parts of snakes or bats increases sexual energy?


5 posted on 01/23/2020 7:21:13 AM PST by real saxophonist (Everything I Play Gone Be Funky, From Now On)
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To: OpusatFR

Hell no this is China...People eat them.


6 posted on 01/23/2020 7:22:29 AM PST by C19fan
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Bats, snakes, lions and tigers and bears!.......Oh my!...................


7 posted on 01/23/2020 7:22:38 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: real saxophonist

It seems like every animal has that trait in Chinese medicine..


8 posted on 01/23/2020 7:23:05 AM PST by C19fan
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To: Pearls Before Swine

I just can’t imagine bats having much meat on them. I wonder if you just breast them out like a dove or other small game birds.


9 posted on 01/23/2020 7:23:26 AM PST by BBQToadRibs
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To: OpusatFR

I defer to Jim Stafford on the subject.


10 posted on 01/23/2020 7:25:41 AM PST by blackdog (Making wine cave appearances upon request.)
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To: BBQToadRibs

They roast and smoke the bats. Crunchy.


11 posted on 01/23/2020 7:26:43 AM PST by blackdog (Making wine cave appearances upon request.)
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To: C19fan

Nature. It wants to kill us.


12 posted on 01/23/2020 7:29:34 AM PST by Tax-chick ("The diversity cult is destroying the very foundations of our civilization." ~ Heather MacDonald)
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That reminds of the French who eat crunchy small birds whole.


13 posted on 01/23/2020 7:31:09 AM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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To: C19fan
We need more diversity in the foods we eat.


Chinese Krait, anyone?

14 posted on 01/23/2020 7:31:16 AM PST by LibWhacker
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Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes.

Having said that, I remember carrying container loads of live snakes between Asian ports.


15 posted on 01/23/2020 7:32:17 AM PST by Cold Heart (.)
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No.
Chinese Coronavirus Outbreak Traced Back To Chinese culture and Communist Totalitarianism, Study Finds


16 posted on 01/23/2020 7:33:04 AM PST by HK_Kai_Chung
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“Don’t some Chinese believe that consuming certain parts of snakes or bats increases sexual energy?”

Absolutely !!!
But there is than death side effect you have to deal with.


17 posted on 01/23/2020 7:35:17 AM PST by BuffaloJack ("Security does not exist in nature. Everything has risk." Henry Savage)
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Beware the one-eyed trouser snake.
18 posted on 01/23/2020 7:35:47 AM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: BBQToadRibs

not much meat on a chicken wing either, yet people eat them. food is food.

when you’re hungry, its amazing when
you’ll eat.


19 posted on 01/23/2020 7:36:32 AM PST by RitchieAprile (available monkeys looking for the change..)
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To: LibWhacker

Oops, that’s the Chinese cobra, I believe. Just as tasty, though.


20 posted on 01/23/2020 7:38:19 AM PST by LibWhacker
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