Some UK scientists are claiming that SARS came from out of space. While SARS from STARS makes an eye-catching headline, I think wild animals, as claimed by a HK scientist, are more likely the source. Wild animals are popular in Far East as health-food. [I wonder what cannibals' concept of healthfood was?]
I remember being fed amazing array of horrible stuff when I was little by my father who took up hunting to vent his political frustrations. Imagine waking in darkness and being forced to eat something that taste horrible. The worst part is in the morning. I would yell, "Mom! I have blood all over my face!" And my mother would say, "Your dad gave you fresh deer blood last night." Urgh.
When we immigrated to American, the variety got wilder. Wild turkeys, pigs, deers, peasants, and bears. Thank goodness there is a hunting limit on bears. Bear-skins stink real bad too. When my dad finally gave up hunting, I was overjoyed. After all that, I can now eat only beef and chicken. Lamb? Rabbit? Whoa, they are too exotic for me!