9 people dead and 78 others hospitalized after eating sea turtle meat on Zanzibar's Pemba Island
9 people dead and 78 others hospitalized after eating sea turtle meat on Zanzibar's Pemba Island
Authorities in Zanzibar say eight children and an adult have died from eating sea turtle meat on Pemba Island, while 78 others were hospitalized.
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Oh no ... next time how about not eating sea turtles?
Research on the biochemistry of both poisonous turtle tissues and tissues of turtle poisoning patients is scant, and local medical practitioners have minimal treatment protocols for chelonitoxism at their disposal.
This is a poverty problem more than anything.
But yeah the adults should have known better. In addition, they should have at least been wise enough to not risk children. They are weaker, smaller, and more susceptible to dying from those things.
I feel bad for the children and their families.
I don't know much about Zanzibar but it's possible they were just naive to the ill effects.
*animals