Devil reef crab
The devil reef crab is a brightly patterned crab that lives on coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific, from East Africa to Hawaii. It is one of the most dangerous crabs in the world to eat, because its flesh and shell contain strong nerve poisons.1

Doole tooke
Ngal bonataa si wanaa huunde ñaamii ngal.
Ko honɗun tooke ɓanndu mum waɗata?
This animal is poisonous, not venomous, so it harms people when eaten rather than through a bite or sting. Its shell and meat contain tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin, which are neurotoxins (poisons that attack the nerves). They are absorbed through the gut and interfere with the sodium channels in nerve cells.1
Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?
Musiiba e yimɓe: WaroowoGooto e kulle ɓurɗe musiiba nder aduna.Poisoning from this crab can be fatal. In the Philippines, 50% of intoxication cases are reported to be fatal, and 12 people died on Negros Island in the 1980s. In Timor-Leste, one man died within hours of eating it, and in February 2021 two children in Cagayan died after eating crab their father had caught.1
Si neɗɗo meemii walla ñaamii ngal
- Si neɗɗo ñaamii ngal walla no jogii maandeeji caggal ñaamugol ngal: noddu nimero ballal walla centre antipoison jooni jooni.
Adii fow noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wanaa saaraangal doktoro. Ko adii nder ballal adiingal
Reen hoore maa
- Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a jalnu kullal ladde haa abada, hay si ko tokooso, hay si no yi'ee no ɗaanii walla maayii.
- Accu ngal nokku. Si a fotti e ngal, deeƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
- Si a meemii walla a ñaamii ngal: wota a moomtu gite maa walla hunuko maa, loot juuɗe maa, heɓu ballal doktoro.
Ngal faalaaka gaañugol ma. Tooke mum woodi tun ngam wota huunde ñaam ngal. Ko ɓeydi fii reenugol hoore maa
Hoto nder aduna?
Hono mawniri?
Hono juutiri?
juuti no kaaɗe mahirɗe 3 e diisa gootoHono Devil reef crab mawniri, si fooɗondiraama e AN?
Ko limoore tun nder navigateur maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee ka nokku woo.
Hono yaawiri?
Humpito
Both the shell and the meat contain dangerous neurotoxins, so the crab is not safe to eat in any part.1
Some specimens have been found to contain more than 3000 MU of saxitoxin per gram, a lethal amount for humans.1
The toxins are the same kind of compound that makes pufferfish poisonous.1
The Philippines reports this crab as the most poisonous crab in its waters.1
Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri
- Zosimus aeneus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Zosimus aeneus (iNaturalist): inɗe e ŋoordingol (classification).
- Venom Wiki: tolno musiiba, mawnugol aadaajo e miijo yaawugol ko amen. Ndaar no min ƴeewtirta ɗum: Hono min tolnirta musiiba.
Kala humpito nder ngoo hello no jogii limoore hollirnde iwdi mum. Si min juumii, yaafo, min ko yiɗɓe kulle, wanaa jaaynde ganndal. Haalan min e [email protected], min feewnitan.
Tooke si ñaamaama
Hono anndirtee ngal