Video of woman eating bat goes viral

The woman eats the bat.
The woman eats the bat. Photo credit: @Dystopia992/Twitter

Footage of a woman eating a bat has gone viral.

The flying mammal was consumed at a market in Palau where it is a delicacy. 

The video shows the woman beginning to nibble at the bat's wings. 

The video was released at the same time as there were concerns the coronavirus may have bene transmitted from humans eating animals sold in the Wuhan food market. 

So far, the coronavirus has killed 25 people and infected more than 830, according to the National Health Commission. Wuhan, a city of 11 million people where the new strain of the virus began, has been put under lockdown.

This newly identified virus has created fear due to it being not very well understood.

There is no vaccine for the virus and symptoms include fever, difficulty breathing and coughing, similar to many other respiratory illnesses. Identifying a source of the virus is vital to establish a treatment.

This article was amended on January 29 to show the bat was not eaten in the city of Wuhan, but in a market in Palau in 2016.