Government authorities in China have acted quickly in the wake of the deadly Coronavirus outbreak, and have placed an "absolute and total ban" on the serving of bat soup in restaurants, it has been reported.
The virus, which is thought to have been transmitted to humans by the ingesting of a soup with a bat placed in it for horrific effect, has thus far killed 81 people - most of them in China, fortunately - and shows no signs of letting up.
Chinese delicacies often appear grotesque to right-minded people, who would never dream of tucking into a shark's fin, a tiger's penis, or crocodile testicles, but that's China for you.
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