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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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To: Bob434

Just shoot them with a Win 300mag and they really explode. Turtles are better however.


61 posted on 07/15/2020 11:27:03 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: bwest

“I love marmot!”

Dipping ‘em in bat soup first makes them even yummier, just like donuts and coffee.


62 posted on 07/15/2020 11:27:41 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: CharleysPride

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.


63 posted on 07/15/2020 11:27:47 AM PDT by alloysteel (Freedom is not a matter of life and death. It is much more serious than that..)
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To: BenLurkin

[[Milk...comes from where?!?!]]

The store- duh! lol


64 posted on 07/15/2020 11:28:02 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: abb

Interesting - the date on the article is July 7, 2020 but earlier comments date from November 15, 2017 through June 25, 2018.


65 posted on 07/15/2020 11:31:01 AM PDT by CedarDave (Public schools are nothing more than government-run radical propaganda indoctrination centers.)
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To: BenLurkin

I just has some marmot sushi. I’m just fin...*hack*...q,wyqgtv18v7r9


66 posted on 07/15/2020 11:31:30 AM PDT by Karliner
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

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.


67 posted on 07/15/2020 11:32:06 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Karliner

Lost my tagline, must have been the marmot


68 posted on 07/15/2020 11:34:13 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: tet68

You cannot say “coon’s age” in this establishment!


69 posted on 07/15/2020 11:36:27 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: CedarDave

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


70 posted on 07/15/2020 11:39:15 AM PDT by abb
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder if proper cooking would prevent this.


71 posted on 07/15/2020 11:39:50 AM PDT by Revel
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To: Bell Bouy II

“...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.


72 posted on 07/15/2020 11:40:09 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: bwest

Dang it. I just bought some Marmot ice cream


73 posted on 07/15/2020 11:41:20 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: BenLurkin

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


74 posted on 07/15/2020 11:43:43 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (I'd rather be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead...)
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To: BenLurkin

In China they eat bats


75 posted on 07/15/2020 11:44:51 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Red Badger

Sounds like cuy in Peru.
Roasted guinea pigs.


76 posted on 07/15/2020 11:51:22 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: BenLurkin

You must always ensure that a thermometer inserted in the marmot breast meat holds a steady temperature of 285 degrees.


77 posted on 07/15/2020 11:53:21 AM PDT by dartuser
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To: GnuThere

More like Nutria in Louisiana...............


78 posted on 07/15/2020 12:00:35 PM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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To: dljordan

I feel like I am playing “Risk”.


79 posted on 07/15/2020 12:03:29 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: BenLurkin

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.


80 posted on 07/15/2020 12:06:56 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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