When you buy fruits the traditional way instead of ordering them online, you get a better glimpse of how the items are stored and whether they meet the hygiene requirements. Those who recently visited a fruit market in Pune put them into worry. When people witnessed a bat nibbling a chikoo racked up for sale, they raised health concerns.
A video of a bat eating chikoo from a fruit vendor’s stall in Pune is being widely circulated on the internet. It records an undisturbed bat seated on a pile of chikoo. It is seen consuming the fruit with its teeth. The visuals showed the flying mammal feasting on a chikoo.
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The bat was filmed sitting on the fruit stall with its wings open. While it was enjoying a fruit, it was seen firmly gripping adjacent fruit pieces to not lose balance. It rested on the heap of chikoo placed on the fruit cart, which along contained a melon. It chose to feast on the chikoo instead of taking a bite of the other fruit placed there.
When people spotted the bat biting a chikoo, swallowing its pulp, and also leaving some residue all around, they simply recorded the incident on camera instead of shooing the bat away.
Netizens react
As the visuals of the bat eating a fruit displayed for sale surfaced online, it raised concerns of food infestation and bat-borne diseases. People reacted to the viral video and alerted each other of health concerns.
It is reported that bats spread diseases like Ebola, Nipah virus, rabies, and even coronavirus.
While some worried about the health concerns that might be resulted if one happened to consume the fruit consumed by the bat, other reactions to the video were quite different.
Netizens appeared to be impressed with a bat’s cuteness. Yes, you read that right. Instead of worrying over the chikoo feasting episode, they admired the mammal and called it “Cute”. “He’s soooooo cute”, one wrote. “It’s heart warming to see them allow it enjoy the food instead of feeling afraid to push out. Good going”, commented another.
