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Title: FLESH EATING BACTERIA FROM HANDLING A CRAB
Post by: Out Fishing on August 30, 2013, 04:48:41 PM

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/health/2013/08/30/dnt-la-flesh-eating-bacteria.wvue.html (http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/health/2013/08/30/dnt-la-flesh-eating-bacteria.wvue.html)


yikes! Be careful!

Title: Re: FLESH EATING BACTERIA FROM HANDLING A CRAB
Post by: Out Fishing on August 30, 2013, 06:53:38 PM

Yup bad stuff! Got fish poisoning years ago when we used to use red fish racks, the spin stuck me in the palm, hand swelled up like a basket ball  :-[

Title: Re: FLESH EATING BACTERIA FROM HANDLING A CRAB
Post by: Out Fishing on August 31, 2013, 09:00:24 AM

Amen to that - there are some nasty bugs out there waiting to pounce. When I took a fall a few weeks back, I was scared shitless until the cuts started to heal. The water gets near 90 degrees in the river and there's thick mud everywhere - perfect conditions for breeding all kinds of pathogens. I went out and bought some of that nu-skin stuff to cover any nicks I get in the future. Some of those bugs can kill you.