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Snakes often hunt for bats in wild. Reports indicate that snakes were sold in the local seafood market in Wuhan, raising the possibility that the 2019-nCoV might have jumped from the host species – bats – to snakes and then to humans at the beginning of this coronavirus outbreak. However, how the virus could adapt to both the cold-blooded and warm-blooded hosts remains a mystery.<ref>[https://www.phillyvoice.com/coronavirus-outbreak-china-originate-snakes-cobra/ The new coronavirus outbreak in China may have originated in snakes] by HAITAO GUO, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH; GUANGXIANG “GEORGE” LUO, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, AND SHOU-JIANG GAO, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, Philly Voice</ref>}}

Snakes often hunt for bats in wild. Reports indicate that snakes were sold in the local seafood market in Wuhan, raising the possibility that the 2019-nCoV might have jumped from the host species – bats – to snakes and then to humans at the beginning of this coronavirus outbreak. However, how the virus could adapt to both the cold-blooded and warm-blooded hosts remains a mystery.<ref>[https://www.phillyvoice.com/coronavirus-outbreak-china-originate-snakes-cobra/ The new coronavirus outbreak in China may have originated in snakes] by HAITAO GUO, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH; GUANGXIANG “GEORGE” LUO, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, AND SHOU-JIANG GAO, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, Philly Voice</ref>}}

==== Chinese atheists in southern China and bat eating ====

===== Chinese atheists in southern China and bat eating =====

[[File:Myotis-blythii-cropped.jpg|200px|center|thumbnail|The lesser mouse-eared bat can be found in [[China]]. ]]

[[File:Myotis-blythii-cropped.jpg|200px|center|thumbnail|The lesser mouse-eared bat can be found in [[China]]. ]]

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