Don't eat Flying Foxes.

http://www.nature.com/nsu/031110/031110-4.html

Eating bats can seriously damage your health!

I guess I will just stick to the guano for the yard, besides I never did find any good recipes for bat.

have you used bat droppings as fertiliser?

Why would you want to eat a bat ?

we eat Shrimps, Ocotopus, eggs ... why not!?

Might eat bat if stuck in a cave for a few weeks. Otherwise, the stuff at the market will do.

Hi, i am new here but I thought I'd add a link to another disease similar to the bat eating one : Kuru
Now how many of you know what KURU is?
How many know what Long Pig is?
And why do you know this?

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/kuru.htm#What_is_Kuru

Sorry, it's pretty disgusting.
mobi

I knew of the disease caused by eating brains but didnt know it's name. thanks for your input and welcome.

Your welcome! Although you don't have to thank me for THIS info! LOL Remember eating bats and humans is not just bad but bad for you!LOL
Mobi

I'm nauseated.....

I have to admit that, on a purely intellectual level, cannabilism (sp?) has always fascinated me. {I know this started with eating bats, but this part got my attention}. And Kuru really got people thinking about it. If you're interested in reading up on it (Kuru) I'd strongly reccommend the book "Deadly Feast". I don't remember the author's name, but he basically did the epidemiology on Kuru/CJD. Also explains how and why cannibalism started in PNG.

I amy have to take a look at that. It must be a little fascinating for me as well as I knew what Kuru was.
And we wonder why feeding cows to cows resulted in problems?
Mobi

It seems like, in general, the more further removed from humans an organism is, the more healthful it is to eat in large quantities. Chicken is more healthful than red meat, fish is more healthful than chicken, and plant matter is more healthful than meat. I wonder if the "higher animals" are able to pass on cancer cells.

That's an interesting question.
I know humans can pass cancer cells to each other in organs, when transplants are performed.
And animals certainly can pass on poisons to humans that consume them, such as pesticides or some natural toxins.

But since cancer cells are mutated cells from our bodies, I would think that they would have to be human to begin with and then a match (as organ donations have to be) and then stored in the animal. Perhaps if cattle were fed humans then humans consumed the cattle?

I'm not a scientist but I don't really see how it could be possible, unless it was a VIRUS that caused cancer in humans and was stored in animal tissue. I don't know if there are any virus that can be passed from animal to human that causes cancer? Are there?

Mobi

"The Chamorro eat flying-foxes (Pteropus mariannus) boiled in coconut cream in ceremonial feasts."

Now add a little stuffing and some cranberry sauce and you've got a new possibility for that Thanksgiving ceremonial feast.

Seriously, a very interesting thread.

Bill