Marmot, Everett?
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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I love marmot! Guess they’ll start recalling it at Kroger.
Just about a year ago: https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3747861/posts
I don’t know why
He swallowed the marmot
Perhaps he’ll varmot
Roast Marmot!
Great. Now I’m starving.
Okay, a Mongolian died from eating a Marmot.
Ogden?
Ogden Nash?
Is that you?
Why would anyone eat a whistle pig?
It’s been a coon’s age since I had marmot.
I did stay at a Marmot Inn this week.
There’s an old saying in Mongolia.....
“Sometimes you eat the marmot, and sometimes the marmot kills you.”
Does it taste like chicken?
Note to self:
Do not eat any more marmot....................
Marmot, Everett?
Guess I'll have to go with the honey badger roast, instead...
Rodent. It’s not just for breakfast anymore.
And I was just getting ready to go on a marmot diet. Rats.
No, really, rats. I try them next.
It’s only the Marmot Flu, Bro...
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
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.”
Pro tip: I always check the marmot steaks for suppurating buboes.
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