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  Chinese blogger forced to apologise again for eating bats on her blog

  Posted by Nigel on 7 November 2020 at 3:16 am

  ‘Didn’t know it’s virus reservoir’: A Chinese travel blogger has been forced to apologize again for eating a BAT on camera in 2017, after the video was re-posted on social media.

  A Chinese blogger has landed in hot water after a video of her enjoying a ‘bat dish’ resurfaced, shows popular blogger and travel show host Wang Mengyun tasting a cooked fruit bat in Palau, an archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean.

  Smiling at the camera, the woman showcases the animal in a bowl, before dipping it in sauce and taking a bite.

  “The bat tastes very fresh, like chicken meat,” she says in the video.
  

  Many commenters on social media deemed Wang’s video unsettling and accused her of spreading a dangerous message by encouraging others to consume bats.

  “Every Chinese ppl think it’s disgusting,” one person wrote on Twitter.

  The blogger has apologized, saying that she was “just trying to introduce the life of local people” to the viewers.

  “I didn’t know that bat is a primary reservoir of viruses … I really did not check the information or explain its dangerous nature,” she wrote, promising not to eat wild animals ever again. After the backlash, the video has been taken down from the channel.

  A more recent video of another woman eating a bat at a restaurant has also been circulating on social media, which drew an equal amount of distaste.

  The French have posted some strong opposition to the video protesting about the food they eat in China, as they sit eating frogs and snails! 🤔

  

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