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Health officials in the southeastern province of Trat issued warnings to the public after two people died from consuming mangrove horseshoe crabs. Five others have been hospitalized after eating the lethally poisonous crustaceans. Horseshoe crabs are a staple food in the region, but the mangrove variety, also known as the round-tail horseshoe crab, is highly toxic …

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Horse shoe crabs are the most primitive animals on earth that survives evolution. It is their habitat and poison nature that protect them from predators. They are not really edible food unless it is cooked in a proper way to eradicate its poison. 

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