Several companies are selling dead bats of various species. I am not sure of the size of the market or what impact it may have. Also bats host several virus. While the specimens appear to come mounted behind glass, if they are removed or repurposed (e.g. MacBeth Act 4, Scene 1), is there any chance of novel routes of transmission to humans?
Do we really want to encourage North American markets to vacuum up a parade of new species from the tropics? Season's Greetings, David Duffy https://realbutterflygifts.com/insects/rhinolophus-lepidus-refulgens?fbclid=IwAR05MjmymSQBhrMnbpM509V44MBzZHvpxGXDuY8RBh-Gu0S4hHpLRm23_X8 https://www.greenearthstores.com/?p=pSingle&sku=00213887102&fbclid=IwAR3FiOUxWLXG-sY7YpXMOi6fOzTplFXlj8sPN4nJEVHOhBxTgVz4k0i2L9c#stock -- David Duffy Ph.D. Professor and Director 戴大偉 (Dài Dàwěi) Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit/Makamakaʻāinana Department of Botany University of Hawaii/*Ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi* 3190 Maile Way Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA 1-808-956-8218
