Monday, February 16, 2009

Bats (Chauvres-Souris) for Sale







I continue to explore the world of retail for the greater part of my entertainment here in Brazzaville. While Mark was still here we went to Marche' Total, our local outdoor market to look over the bats which are sold for meat.






Here is Mark being entertained at a CD stand while he was looking for music. The vendor decided to show us his moves to the latest Congolese music.

2 comments:

Marianne said...

Thanks, Carolyn, for the bat pictures. I can't help wondering if they deep fry them, stew them, boil them? What about the wings?

AfriBats said...

Would you add your bat photo as a citizen-science observation to the AfriBats project on iNaturalist (www.inaturalist.org/projects/afribats)? AfriBats will use your observations to better understand bat distributions and help protect bats in Africa.

Please locate your picture on the map as precisely as possible to maximise the scientific value of your records.

Many thanks!