在坦桑尼亚海岸，坐落在非洲东部海岸，坐落在佩姆巴岛。虽然它不是旅游热点珊瑚礁，蔓延的红树林和丁香树，使空气淡淡的辣香气。可能比原始地理更令人印象深刻的是佩姆巴一名本地居民的解剖结构。
彭巴飞狐蝙蝠是世界上最大的蝙蝠物种之一，翼展延伸5.5英尺（1.6米）。自1990年代以来，保护主义者一直在狂热地努力保护人口减少。飞狐蝙蝠曾经是佩姆巴晚餐桌上的常规菜，人们进行了如此积极的狩猎，以至于国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）将蝙蝠归类为1992年的危险。
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尽管IUCN在2008年濒临灭绝的危险中将飞狐的保护状况撞到了，但在其他非洲和亚洲地区的菜单上遇到蝙蝠并不少见。根据国际BAT保护，全球有1,100多种蝙蝠，占所有哺乳动物物种的四分之一。此外，最大，最肉的品种在东半球飞行。
菜单上的蝙蝠
Travelers in parts of China, Thailand, Guam and even Australia might run across bats in food markets and restaurants. Varieties of水果蝙蝠，包括相当大的狐狸蝙蝠，是最受欢迎的食物。当需要将它们煮熟时，佩姆巴岛民通常会烤蝙蝠，而其他培养物可能会将蝙蝠扔进汤和炒菜中。兴发登录m xf839 com1976年，全世界的奇怪食品捍卫者加尔文·施瓦贝（Calvin W.剥皮并拆除蝙蝠后，Schwabe建议切碎肉并烘烤或深炸。盐，胡椒和洋葱。
In "Extreme Cuisine," famed chef Anthony Bourdain cautions traveling gastronomes of a particularly pungent smell that wafts from simmering bat. But the actual flavor should be far more benign. As with many mystery meats, bat reportedly tastes a lot like chicken. To rustle up one's own batty entrée, Bourdain says to season it with some peppers, onions or garlic (not unlike a roasted chicken recipe) to mitigate that strong scent.
Fruit Bats and Emerging Diseases
鉴于最近的医疗发展，对本地蝙蝠取样可能不是明智的选择。在关岛，官员将飞狐蝙蝠与一种称为ALS/PDC的痴呆症形式联系在一起；在本地Chamorro人中，发病率是样本人群的50至100倍。尽管水果蝙蝠的昆虫和水果饮食似乎无害，但它们也可能含有一些不必要的危险疾病。医学专家已追踪SARS, Ebola and other emerging diseases back to them. Fruit bats in Gabon, for instance, have been culprits for carrying Marburg and Ebola virus. Officials are mostly concerned about bats leaving behind pathogens after nipping a piece of fruit or passing them along to another animal through tainted saliva, as in the case of Nipah病毒in Malaysia. Nevertheless, if savvy travelers are offered morsels of deep-fried bat, they ought to choose health over cultural etiquette and politely decline the exotic snack.
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