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Is eating bats a part of the cuisine in Congo, or where did those children get the idea from? Edit: oh, there's a hunger crisis going on there apparently, neve

Is eating bats a part of the cuisine in Congo, or where did those children get the idea from? Edit: oh, there's a hunger crisis going on there apparently, nevermind. Of its approx. 106M strong population, ~26M are experiencing acute food insecurity. [0] They're also in active conflict with Rwanda? [1] Edit #2: apparently it is part of the cuisine also, see replies below and elsewhere in the thread. [2] [0] https://www.wfp.org/emergencies/drc-emergency https://www.wfp.org/emergencies/drc-emergency [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021–2024_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_attacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021–2024_Democratic_Republic_... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmeat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmeat

cjcenizal 2y ago
The article notes there are regions where "wild animals are popularly eaten."
- ssfrr 2y ago
  I saw that phrase and thought it was pretty weird. Hunting wild animals for food is not some fringe thing that happens in "other places" I've eaten tons of fish, duck, deer, elk, etc. that were all "wild animals".
  - kamaal 2y ago
    I think people think of Carnivorous animals, when then they think of wild animals. Simply put, you catch fewer(near 0) infections eating plants. Even more so for animals in the wild.
    - ceejayoz 2y ago
      > Simply put, you catch fewer(near 0) infections eating plants. Quite a few will poison you, though.
      - kamaal 2y ago
        Absolutely agree, but poison doesn't exactly spread like an infection. Plus I guess most herbivorous animals by now do have a fair bit of intuition what to eat and what not to.
        ceejayoz 2y ago
        Welllllll… https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4449294/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4449294/
    - lucyjojo 2y ago
      plants will give you nasty parasites.
ben_w 2y ago
Before your edit I was going to link to this, much the same info: https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-analysis/details-map/en/c/1158150/?iso3=COD https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-analysis/details-map/en/...

cjcenizal 2y ago

The article notes there are regions where "wild animals are popularly eaten."

ssfrr 2y ago
I saw that phrase and thought it was pretty weird. Hunting wild animals for food is not some fringe thing that happens in "other places" I've eaten tons of fish, duck, deer, elk, etc. that were all "wild animals".
- kamaal 2y ago
  I think people think of Carnivorous animals, when then they think of wild animals. Simply put, you catch fewer(near 0) infections eating plants. Even more so for animals in the wild.
  - ceejayoz 2y ago
    > Simply put, you catch fewer(near 0) infections eating plants. Quite a few will poison you, though.
    - kamaal 2y ago
      Absolutely agree, but poison doesn't exactly spread like an infection. Plus I guess most herbivorous animals by now do have a fair bit of intuition what to eat and what not to.
      - ceejayoz 2y ago
        Welllllll… https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4449294/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4449294/
  - lucyjojo 2y ago
    plants will give you nasty parasites.

ben_w 2y ago

Before your edit I was going to link to this, much the same info: https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-analysis/details-map/en/c/1158150/?iso3=COD https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-analysis/details-map/en/...