Comments on: The Hazards of Eating Bats

By: Dr. Zoidberg

Dr. Zoidberg — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:26:58 +0000

Being a native Chamorro, I find it interesting to link the fruit bat to the disease known as ALS-PDC. I need to point out, however, that the majority of people struck with ALS-PDC lived in the southern end of the island, while the population of bats, and the majority of bat eating people lived in the northern end. I don’t think any reason has ever been given to explain this.

By: lizdini

lizdini — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:06:13 +0000

[quote]Alchemist said: “I’m curious to know who counts bats as primates. Still, those are some pretty horrible diseases.”[/quote]

Yeah, I’ve never heard such a thing, either

By: Alchemist

Alchemist — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:15:21 +0000

I’m curious to know who counts bats as primates. Still, those are some pretty horrible diseases.

By: emerald

emerald — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:04:55 +0000

MeasureMan said: "Eat a bat and you may just turn out like Ossie Osbourne."

More like take enough drugs and you'll end up biting the heads off of pigeons and bats like Ozzy Osbourne. I still love ya though Ozzy.

From what I remember seeing on TV, the first time Ozzy bit the head off something he was at a press conference, and very much out of it from one drug or another. He was sitting down and a pigeon landed on his lap, he just picked it up and bit it's head off. I seem to remember him saying something like: "It seemed like a good idea at the time." Now I'm not sure if thats true, but it is a pretty good reason not to take drugs.

When I research it quickly, I get a slightly different story. Studio executives invited Ozzy to thier office to make peace (because he and the studio were having a dissagreement). Instead of presenting a "white dove of peace", he bit the head off the bird infront of them. The studio executives were outraged, but Ozzy tried to calm them down by letting them know: "The bird was already dead."

I know he claims that he though the bat was a rubber toy when he bit it's head off after a fan threw it onstage. Apparently he had to get a bunch of rabbies shots after that. Oh look at that! I may have accidentally gotten back on topic.

By: Cathryn

Cathryn — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:28:19 +0000

you’ve convinced me, i wont eat bugs anymore.

By: Tink

Tink — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:16:37 +0000

Josh Harding said: "I forgot to mention that however many bugs they ate, I never tried to eat one. It ranks up there with licking frogs."

Yeah like smelling moth balls.....

Bryan Lowder said: "I'm one of the bat lovers mentioned at the beginning of the article. I personally think bats are terrific. I'm just saddened that they are disease-ridden and that new international laws prevent me from buying my own flying fox. Never tried to eat a bat, or never tried to eat a bug?"

it's hard to do with out pulling their little legs or wings off. Hahaha. My bad. ;)

By: superwoman

superwoman — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:38:24 +0000

I love bats!! I didn't know they carried al these diseases though!

By: 440Fronte|htid|

440Fronte|htid| — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:40:54 +0000

what did the ebola virus do? Dont we get shots for it?

>.> damn bats.

By: cajun

cajun — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 06:01:34 +0000

In 1995, Richard Preston speculated in his book "The Hot Zone" that the breeding ground for the ebola virus was probably in bat droppings found in their caves.

Ebola is some scary, scary stuff.

Perhaps the ancient cultures had good reason for demonizing bats.

By: Eric Leeson

Eric Leeson — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:34:28 +0000

I am one of those people who are willing to eat just about anything: insects, monkey brains (given the chance), deer testicles. However, I cringe at the thought of eating bats; They are simply too disease-ridden.