Woman dies after being bitten by venomous octopus in central Vietnam
Monday, 15:28, 10/07/2017
A woman in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue died last July 7 after being bitten by an octopus, provincial authorities said on July 9.
Ty’s husband rushed her to hospital, but doctors announced her dead on arrival.
Local fishermen have killed the octopus and handed it over to authorities for tests.
In Vietnam, it is very rare for humans to die from an octopus bite, biologist Ngo Dac Chung told Thanh Nien newspaper.
He said the deadly bite could have come from a blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata). The venom of this species, which has a distinctive blue color when it's alive, can paralyze the human nervous system, leading to heart failure.