BORDER OFFICIALS FIND BOX OF COOKED BATS

German officials seized cooked bats and nearly a ton of unrefrigerated fish after police stopped a van that had entered the country from Belgium. The vehicle was stopped at the border city of Aachen. Agents found the bats under the fish. A vet from the local consumer protection office was sent to the scene and ordered the bats and fish confiscated. The 31-year-old driver faces violations of food hygiene rules, and local authorities were looking into whether he violated conservation laws relating to the bats.
* Cooked bats from Belgium. They go great with Belgian waffles.
* The promotional campaign for that new Nicolas Cage/Dracula movie is really running full tilt. (The film is “Renfield.”)
* This is where China went wrong with their wetmarket COVID bats. They need to be properly stored, in a van under unrefrigerated fish. That’s what kills the COVID.
* Fried bat: tastes great when paired with a tarantula burger. (See story in National news section)