Who's Eating Lemurs?

[Reverend Joe]

Don't they know the disease those things spread? I nested that in a reply to one of your posts, say, three weeks ago.

No kidding...

Researchers have documented cases of malaria, West Nile Virus, E. coli, and Toxoplasmosis within lemur populations; all of these diseases could potentially be transferred among human, domestic, and wildlife hosts.

This is disgusting. If it weren't for the fact that people are eating them because they are starving, I would have no respect for someone who eats a lemur or other primate; I definitely am disgusted by the tourists and other well-to-do people who are apparently eating them for the hell of it. That's just nasty.