Posted on 01/23/2020 7:31:18 AM PST by C19fan
Footage purporting to show a Chinese woman eating a whole bat at a fancy restaurant has gone viral as the country is ravaged by a new deadly virus believed to have come from the flying mammals.
A separate trending video purports to show Cantonese-speaking diners preparing to eat soup made with the nocturnal animal.
The new strain of coronavirus, which emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan last month, has killed at least 17 people, sickened more than 590 and caused the city of 11million to be in lockdown.
The virus, which can cause pneumonia, is poorly understood. Scientists now fear it may have spread to humans from snakes or bats.
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Yeah, but it’d fit right in that Star Trek TNG scene with Riker in the Klingon mess hall.
Tastes kinda like spotted owl.
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