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8 children, 1 adult die after eating sea turtle meat in Zanzibar, officials say (www.cbsnews.com)

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8 children, 1 adult die after eating sea turtle meat in Zanzibar, officials say

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Symptoms of chelonitoxism vary according to the toxin and include gastrointestinal symptoms of nausea, vomiting and oro-esophageal ulceration, sometimes followed in severe cases by neurologic signs such as paresis, agitation and coma.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

To add on to this, because I was curious what was causing the turtles to be toxic in this way.

The toxins responsible for chelonitoxism have not been definitively identified, but are thought to accumulate in turtles from their environment and diet, without harming the turtles themselves. All parts of the turtles are potentially toxic, whether the meat is eaten raw, cooked, or in soup.