======= Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 09:33:13 +1000 (EST) (subtype) new (headw1) ハクビシン (pos) noun (english3) civit (reference) http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=%E3%83%8F%E3%82%AF%E3%83%93%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3&sa=N&tab=wi (comment) Chinese eat this animal and the theory is that, as this creature has a SARS like virus in its bowels, improper butchering lets the virus get into civit based meat products. (name) Derek Lee