Don't eat bats.

[Theophylact]

It's a bad idea, it would appear. (That's the flying, cycad-eating kind, not the corked kind -- and a tip o' the hat to Dave Barry.)

[NeoStarO1]

interesting.

[Gomer]

especially ones with cork in them! =)

[M_Six]

Ah, so that's why smoking bat guano is so popular!

Definitely a topical subject, eating wild animals. Eating civet cats may be linked to SARS development / spread in China.

Another line of thought may be a prion disease in the bats (like Mad Cow Disease) which causes the neurological disorder. While the neurotoxin argument is quite sound, there is also a possibility of a prion (infectious protein particle) which is being ingested that causes the neurological symptoms.

Pure speculation on my behalf, but not that farfetched maybe.

Cheers
Mick