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

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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
Kedu otú o si dị egwu nye mmadụ?
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Na-egbu egbuOtu n'ime anụmanụ kacha dị egwu n'ụwa.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
Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ metụrụ ya aka ma ọ bụ rie ya
- Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ riri ya ma ọ bụ nwee mgbaàmà mgbe o risịrị ya: kpọọ nọmba mberede gị ma ọ bụ ụlọ ọrụ ndụmọdụ nsị (poison centre) ozugbo.
Na-ebu ụzọ kpọọ nọmba mberede gị mgbe niile (112, 000, 911). Nke a bụ ndụmọdụ enyemaka mbụ n'ozuzu, ọ bụghị ndụmọdụ ọgwụ. Isi ihe enyemaka mbụ
Nọrọ na nchekwa
- Emetụla anụ ọhịa aka, ejidela ya, emekwala ya ihe ọjọọ, ọbụna obere, ọbụna ma ọ dị ka ọ na-ehi ụra ma ọ bụ nwụọ anwụ.
- Nye ya ohere. Ọ bụrụ na ị zutere otu, dị jụụ, laghachi azụ nwayọ, hapụ ya ka ọ gaa ụzọ ya.
- Ọ bụrụ na i metụrụ ya aka ma ọ bụ rie ya: ehichala anya gị ma ọ bụ ọnụ gị, saa aka gị, chọọkwa enyemaka ọgwụ.
Ọ naghị achụ gị. Nsị ya dị naanị ka ihe ọ bụla ghara iri ya. Ihe ndị ọzọ gbasara ịnọ na nchekwa
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dị ogologo dị ka blọk egwuregwu 3 n'ahịrịKedu otú Devil reef crab si hà ma e jiri ya tụnyere GỊ?
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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
Maka ndị ọkachamara nsị
- Aha sayensị
- Zosimus aeneus
- Otu
- Anụmanụ ndị ọzọ nwere nsị n'ahụ
- Ezinụlọ
- Xanthidae2
- Usoro
- Decapoda
- Kọntinent dị iche iche
- Oké Osimiri Pasifik, Oké Osimiri India, Osimiri Uhie, Osimiri Coral, Osimiri Filipin, Osimiri Ndịda China, Osimiri Timor na Arafura, Ọwara Bengal, Oké osimiri niile
- Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ
- 5 / 5: Na-egbu egbu3
Ebe eziokwu ndị a si
- Zosimus aeneus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Zosimus aeneus (iNaturalist): aha na nhazi ọkwa.
- Venom Wiki: ọkwa ihe ize ndụ, nha nkịtị na nchepụta ọsọ bụ nke anyị. Lee otú anyị si achọpụta ha: Otú anyị si atụ ihe ize ndụ.
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