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.
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Just shoot them with a Win 300mag and they really explode. Turtles are better however.
“I love marmot!”
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Dipping ‘em in bat soup first makes them even yummier, just like donuts and coffee.
What a medieval way to die. Either the bubonic plague, or starvation...
What you get for catching rats and eating them poorly cooked.
First kill the fleas on the ground rat, THEN boil the hell out of it.
[[Milk...comes from where?!?!]]
The store- duh! lol
Interesting - the date on the article is July 7, 2020 but earlier comments date from November 15, 2017 through June 25, 2018.
I just has some marmot sushi. I’m just fin...*hack*...q,wyqgtv18v7r9
Oh, you’re going straight to h-e-double hockey sticks for eating Koala Bears. And they don’t have any barbecue sauce down there.
Lost my tagline, must have been the marmot
You cannot say “coon’s age” in this establishment!
The Mineral King Valley of Sequoia National Park is a problem area, apparently. Check out what ppl are doing to protect their cars.
https://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/marmots.htm
I wonder if proper cooking would prevent this.
“...People on that side of the world eat some repulsive disgusting and grossly unhealthy stuff....”
Yes, well, when you have communist governments that starve people to death as a form of control, people will in fact eat anything... it’s not surprising.
Dang it. I just bought some Marmot ice cream
I can enthusiastically recommend the Far East Air & Turf!
1 Wuhan Bat, braised with a covid reduction
1 Fresh Mongolian Marmot, blackened with the spicy plague you expect
*WHO recommends cooking all meat dishes to temperature of 165 degrees, unless the ingredients are sourced from China
In China they eat bats
Sounds like cuy in Peru.
Roasted guinea pigs.
You must always ensure that a thermometer inserted in the marmot breast meat holds a steady temperature of 285 degrees.
More like Nutria in Louisiana...............
I feel like I am playing “Risk”.
This will tell those Mongolians to always test their cooked Marmot meat with a thermometer for an internal temperature of 165 degrees F or 74 degrees C.
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