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Teenage boy dies from bubonic plague after eating marmot
CNN ^ | July 15, 2020 | Jack Guy and Bilegdemberel Gansukh

Posted on 07/15/2020 10:57:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin

A 15-year-old boy has died from bubonic plague in western Mongolia, according to government health officials.

The teenager caught the plague after hunting and eating marmot, according to Dorj Narangerel, spokesperson for Mongolia's Ministry of Health. He died on Sunday.

Marmots are large ground squirrels, a type of rodent, that have historically been linked to plague outbreaks in the region.

Tests confirmed the teenager had contracted bubonic plague and authorities imposed quarantine measures in the Tugrug district of Gobi-Altai province.

Mongolia has recorded 692 cases of marmot plague from 1928 to 2018. Of those, 513 died of the disease, equivalent to a mortality rate of just over 74%.

Earlier this month, two other people tested positive for bubonic plague in the neighboring province of Khovd, prompting warnings from officials in nearby Russia.

Officials from Russia's Ministry of Agriculture and Food told citizens in the border area not to hunt marmots or eat marmot meat, and to take preventive measures against insect bites.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Pets/Animals; Travel
KEYWORDS: bubonic; bubonicplague; marmot; mongolia; plague
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1 posted on 07/15/2020 10:57:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I love marmot! Guess they’ll start recalling it at Kroger.


2 posted on 07/15/2020 10:58:25 AM PDT by bwest
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Just about a year ago: https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3747861/posts


3 posted on 07/15/2020 10:58:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t know why
He swallowed the marmot

Perhaps he’ll varmot


4 posted on 07/15/2020 10:58:26 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: BenLurkin

Roast Marmot!

Great. Now I’m starving.


5 posted on 07/15/2020 10:58:29 AM PDT by CharleysPride (Triton 2038!)
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To: BenLurkin

Okay, a Mongolian died from eating a Marmot.


6 posted on 07/15/2020 10:59:05 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Ogden?

Ogden Nash?

Is that you?


7 posted on 07/15/2020 10:59:42 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Why would anyone eat a whistle pig?


8 posted on 07/15/2020 11:00:08 AM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s been a coon’s age since I had marmot.
I did stay at a Marmot Inn this week.


9 posted on 07/15/2020 11:01:18 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: BenLurkin

There’s an old saying in Mongolia.....

“Sometimes you eat the marmot, and sometimes the marmot kills you.”


10 posted on 07/15/2020 11:01:41 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: BenLurkin

Does it taste like chicken?


11 posted on 07/15/2020 11:01:47 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised but It Will Be Livestreamed)
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To: BenLurkin

Note to self:

Do not eat any more marmot....................


12 posted on 07/15/2020 11:02:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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To: BenLurkin

Marmot, Everett?


13 posted on 07/15/2020 11:02:57 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: BenLurkin
This puts a major crimp in the marmot BBQ extravaganza I had planned for next weekend.

Guess I'll have to go with the honey badger roast, instead...

14 posted on 07/15/2020 11:02:58 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: BenLurkin

Rodent. It’s not just for breakfast anymore.


15 posted on 07/15/2020 11:03:28 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Red Badger

And I was just getting ready to go on a marmot diet. Rats.

No, really, rats. I try them next.


16 posted on 07/15/2020 11:04:06 AM PDT by JusPasenThru (If Biden wins he will kill Republicans.)
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To: dljordan

It’s only the Marmot Flu, Bro...


17 posted on 07/15/2020 11:04:13 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: BenLurkin

First, the marmots came after our cars. Now they’re after us.

https://www.adventure-journal.com/2020/07/beware-car-eating-rodents/
Beware the Car-Eating Mountain Rodents


18 posted on 07/15/2020 11:05:45 AM PDT by abb
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To: BenLurkin

I like a good marmot steak as much as the next guy.

That’s why I only eat marmot that is approved by the MDA (Mongolian Department Of Agriculture).

“If it doesn’t say MDA, then it’s not OK.”


19 posted on 07/15/2020 11:05:46 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: bwest
Guess they’ll start recalling it at Kroger.

Pro tip: I always check the marmot steaks for suppurating buboes.

20 posted on 07/15/2020 11:05:50 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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