In Message-ID: <CAOoFe4HHAycGNu2ZY6reO+7nzYHbkqMc0= [email protected] of Mon, 13 Apr 2020 22:31:26 -0400
To: [email protected] on the Subject: Re: [Goanet] GOANAVIRUS The message says As all Goanet readers are fully aware, more specifically from our Southern Continent, that Goanna is reptile found in Australia and South East Asia of the Veranus species. Bats, pangolins and goannas may be repositories of corona viruses, but not Goa or for that matter Goans to be labelled as "Goanvirus". And you CONCLUDE :"It simply does disservice to Goa and to all Goans. It may serve all humanity well if we reign in our flights of imagination." Really Are we talking here about Goanna ? Sorry the word is Guano (via Spanish from Quechua: wanu) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds and bats. As a manure, guano is a highly effective fertilizer due to its exceptionally high content of *nitrogen*, phosphate and potassium: key nutrients essential for plant growth. Secondly , Abhar you are on very dangerous grounds. In the Amboni Caves in Tanga Region, there is accumulated bat droppings ....in the 1930's it turned out that visitors had deadly lung infections. Thirdly. I was intrigued by you mentioning PANGOLINS. Since the mid 1970's I have seen these creatures three times.....every time at night. It is raining heavily in Dar and I suspect that I would have seen one. I would like to have one as a pet in Quepem. While I am watering my fruit and vegetable patch, they would devour the red stinging ants. Three if pangolins used their tongues less frequently can you imagine how much they could contribute to Goanet and all the sinister things taking place in Goa 😎 To wind up...1) watch your spelling, 2) guano can be deadly ...the droppings become into fine dust. 3) we have cried enough about our problems ...its time to laugh. Grandolfo Abhar, Voznadik Vojem
