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Food Vlogger Dead After Eating Poisonous Crab for Viral Video
Emma Amit, a food influencer from the Philippines, died just two days after she filmed herself eating toxic, also known as “Devil Crab.”
Amit, 51, shared the video to social media on February 4. She died in a Philippines hospital on February 6.
According to ABS-CBN, a local news outlet, “The family of victim Emma Amit allegedly caught the devil crabs in the waters of Sitio Tacduan in the said barangay on February 4, but they did not know that they were poisonous.”
Barangay Chief Laddy Gemang reported that another man, a friend of Amit, also consumed the “devil crab.”
That man’s mouth “seemed to go numb,” Gemang said, adding that he “didn’t eat again.” Tragically, Amit’s friend also died.
The shells of seven “devil crab” were later found in Amit’s trash, ABC-CBN reported.
“Be careful not to eat this devil crab because it is deadly. It is very dangerous to eat this type of crab because it can kill you in a matter of hours,” Gemang warned.
