News Forum - Thai doctor warns against eating bats after ‘bat hunter’ sells for 100 baht per kilo

[Thaiger]

A Thai doctor warns the public of the dangers of eating bat meat after a “bat hunter” in Sukhothai, northern Thailand, claimed that bat meat is good for your health. The man sells bats for 100 baht a kilogram. The “bat hunter”, 33 year old Somchai Wongpanat, made headlines in Thai media yesterday after claiming that eating bat meat “restores your energy.” He says bat meat is delicious in Thai red curry. Somchai is a contractor who hunts rats, bats, cobras, and bees’ nests in his spare time. He ties a net to a long bamboo stick to catch the […]

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[Shade_Wilder]

"Dr. Rangsarit Kanchanawanit, or “Mor Mong”, is a renowned doctor from the Department of Medicine at Chiang Mai University. The doctor says that bats carry over 10,000 viruses that could be transmitted to humans, which could easily cause another pandemic.

Mor Mong warns: humans must not consume bat meat and many other wild animal species.

The doctor says that three years ago, a pandemic caused by consuming bat meat stopped the world in its tracks, causing suffering and economic collapse worldwide. He asks, “have humans not learned anything?”

“If we haven’t learned a lesson from the past three years, then humans are possibly the most stupid species,” said the doctor."

"...If we haven't learned a lesson from the past three years, then humans are possibly the most stupid species" 

Uh-oh.

[ThaiEyes]

Bat Burger, Bat Burger with cheese, add grilled onions, mushrooms. I can see it now

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

2 hours ago, Thaiger said:

A Thai doctor warns the public of the dangers of eating bat meat

Thank God for that warning,  I would've eaten bats otherwise

[Chatogaster]

 

Any species that protects itself (or is protected) from all outside interferences is bound to stagnate and then die out as soon as something unexpected  and truly major happens.

Any species that overcomes a set-back every now and then is bound to evolve into something more lasting and interesting.

But focusing on the "every now and then": let's refrain from promoting bat dishes for up to a decennium.

 

[Rookiescot]

2 hours ago, Shade_Wilder said:

“If we haven’t learned a lesson from the past three years, then humans are possibly the most stupid species,” said the doctor."

He only just figured this out?

[palooka]

56 minutes ago, ThaiEyes said:

Bat Burger, Bat Burger with cheese, add grilled onions, mushrooms. I can see it now

No chilli?

[Pinga]

5 hours ago, Thaiger said:

Somchai is a contractor who hunts rats, bats, cobras, and bees’ nests in his spare time.

So basically, he's bat**** crazy.

[gazmo16]

Is there no limit to what some people will eat ?  Obviously  not I guess. 

Ps. Can you catch rabies eating dead bats  or do they need to still be alive ? 

[Metoo]

"which could easily cause another pandemic"

if it's given 'gain of function' it may well cause human to human transmission and cause a pandemic. 

Unlikely otherwise. 

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

9 hours ago, gazmo16 said:

Is there no limit to what some people will eat ?  Obviously  not I guess. 

Ps. Can you catch rabies eating dead bats  or do they need to still be alive ? 

No, can't be spread by food. Even if you ate it alive(popular dish in Wuhan?) the rabies virus wouldn't survive in the digestive system