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Darmik
07/01/19 11:31:33 PM
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/queensland/david-was-dared-to-eat-a-gecko-at-a-party-he-died-10-days-later-20190620-p51zhc.html

On Saturday, December 1, David went to a Christmas party. The next day he didn't feel well but thought it was just a hangover.

"Then on Monday, it was coming out both ends and he was really sick and the moment he started throwing up and it was green, thats when they rang the ambulance," Hannah said.

"When they got there, the (paramedics) didnt even want to take him (to hospital). They said he just had gastro and his partner said: 'no, you've got to take him; its not just gastro'."

On Tuesday, December 4, David was diagnosed at the Mater Hospital with a salmonella infection.

Salmonella is a foodborne pathogen, which can also be transmitted from person to person.

The bacteria attach to small intestine cells and start multiplying, causing a gut infection, but in severe cases, the bacteria can move into the bloodstream.

In most cases, it only causes diarrhoea, stomach cramps and fever, but in compromised patients, those with health conditions or the young and old, it can be much more severe.

Davids family thought chicken was the cause of the salmonella.

Then on the Sunday, according to Hannah, David's partner, Allira, was talking to one of his friends and remembered "Oh, David ate a gecko that night Im pretty sure".

"She [David's partner] told the doctor and the doctor said 'that could have been it'," Hannah said.

"But there has been no evidence that he actually ate it because there was: 'Oh yeah I saw him eat it'. And then: 'No, I didnt see him eat it'.

"It was a dare, so he might have intended to eat it and then thrown it away.

"At the end of the day, we dont know whether he actually ate the gecko. David never mentioned it."

University of Queensland school of agriculture and food sciences deputy head Mark Turner said the gecko theory was plausible.

Dr Turner said a wide range of warm- and cold-blooded animals carried salmonella, including turtles, snakes, frogs and geckos, which have the bacteria in their gut.

Its possible that if the gecko was eaten, as it was being digested, the salmonella was released, but I have never heard of anything like this before, he said.

It just goes to show that things as innocent as geckos can carry disease bacteria.

In the Mater, David was not well and his symptoms were particularly confronting.

Hannah said he was very bloated, resembling someone six months pregnant. His urine was black, his vomit was green and after a few days he had fluid on his lungs.

"When I went up and saw him, he was just in absolute agony," she said.

"Mum was asking them [doctors] because he had a blockage, 'cant you just operate?' They said no."

David's mother, Michelle, said fluid leaked from his stomach.

"His testicles were swollen up to grapefruits and there was fluid leaking from them and they [doctors] said that was normal, it was just all of the fluid in his stomach cavity," she said.

The following Tuesday, December 11, a week after being diagnosed, David died during surgery.

His family said he suffered mass organ failure and "basically rotted from the inside out".


Jesus. What a horrible way to go.
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MabusIncarnate
07/01/19 11:33:43 PM
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Everybody think long and hard before the next time you have the urge to eat a gecko.
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darkprince45
07/01/19 11:33:44 PM
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Jesus, died so violently and quick. Wtf
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LordFarquad1312
07/01/19 11:35:17 PM
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Darwinism at it's finest, possibly.

Maybe he just got real unlucky with the chicken poor guy.
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Darmik
07/01/19 11:37:09 PM
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It seems like if the gecko didn't have the salmonella bacteria in his stomach he would have been fine. Assuming that's where he even got it from.

Damn back in the days so many humans would have died from this sorta shit and would have had no idea why. If you were in the wild and starving eating a lizard doesn't seem like it would be that bad of an idea.
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No_U_L7
07/01/19 11:37:28 PM
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i thought this topic was by FF_Redux lol
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tremain07
07/01/19 11:38:20 PM
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oh dear god
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HiddenRoar
07/01/19 11:40:03 PM
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Darmik posted...
"Mum was asking them [doctors] because he had a blockage, 'cant you just operate?' They said no."


Universal Healthcare, folks.
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hockeybub89
07/01/19 11:41:23 PM
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YokoGeri
07/01/19 11:44:07 PM
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Darmik posted...
His testicles were swollen up to grapefruits and there was fluid leaking from them and they [doctors] said that was normal


This doesn't add up.

So were the nuts leaking, or was it the penis?

And why would abdominal fluid get to the nuts? They're not connected.

One last thought: Why are we so weak? Our ancestors from the cavemen times would have feasted upon gecko easy
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hockeybub89
07/01/19 11:45:40 PM
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YokoGeri posted...
One last thought: Why are we so weak? Our ancestors from the cavemen times would have feasted upon gecko easy

What was the life expectancy of cavemen?
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YokoGeri
07/01/19 11:46:29 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
YokoGeri posted...
One last thought: Why are we so weak? Our ancestors from the cavemen times would have feasted upon gecko easy

What was the life expectancy of cavemen?


probably longer than David's?
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ButteryMales
07/01/19 11:49:11 PM
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HiddenRoar posted...
Darmik posted...
"Mum was asking them [doctors] because he had a blockage, 'cant you just operate?' They said no."


Universal Healthcare, folks.

I don't see how massive debt and dying is better.
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Darmik
07/01/19 11:50:27 PM
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HiddenRoar posted...
Darmik posted...
"Mum was asking them [doctors] because he had a blockage, 'cant you just operate?' They said no."


Universal Healthcare, folks.


When he was moved to the intensive care ward they finally took it seriously. It has nothing to do with public or private care.
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dave_is_slick
07/02/19 12:22:48 AM
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I'M DEAD?????l
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ultimate reaver
07/02/19 12:23:28 AM
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RIP that dudes fake boyfriend
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MabusIncarnate
07/02/19 12:23:53 AM
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dave_is_slick posted...
I'M DEAD?????l

RIP you were a mediocre poster, but seemed to have a bold spirit about you.
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LordFarquad1312
07/02/19 12:25:36 AM
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YokoGeri posted...
One last thought: Why are we so weak? Our ancestors from the cavemen times would have feasted upon gecko easy

Because modern medicine spits in the face of Darwinism. I say this as someone who, without modern medicine, would have died 3 years ago.
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Darmik
07/02/19 12:27:38 AM
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If that gecko had the same salmonella wouldn't our ancestors have also died horribly? If anything aren't we more likely to survive it?

Whatever hit this guy seemed to hit him bad.
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LordFarquad1312
07/02/19 12:28:42 AM
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Darmik posted...
If that gecko had the same salmonella wouldn't our ancestors have also died horribly? If anything aren't we more likely to survive it?

Whatever hit this guy seemed to hit him bad.

Or we, as a species, learned not to eat the shit that would kill us.

If I see David eating a gecko and his balls swelling up like grapefruits, I sure as heck ain't eating a gecko.
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fuzzylittlbunny
07/02/19 12:30:59 AM
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A guy here in Hawaii got rat lungworm because he ate a slug on a dare <_<
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viewmaster_pi
07/02/19 12:31:53 AM
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hockeybub89 posted...
What was the life expectancy of cavemen?

45 was considered pretty old for them
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Darmik
07/02/19 12:36:04 AM
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LordFarquad1312 posted...
Darmik posted...
If that gecko had the same salmonella wouldn't our ancestors have also died horribly? If anything aren't we more likely to survive it?

Whatever hit this guy seemed to hit him bad.

Or we, as a species, learned not to eat the shit that would kill us.

If I see David eating a gecko and his balls swelling up like grapefruits, I sure as heck ain't eating a gecko.


Well that probably happened to people who ate raw chicken but luckily someone figured out you can cook them! I think it's the same case for geckos.

Also it is possible this guy did get it from chicken.
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LordFarquad1312
07/02/19 12:36:57 AM
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Darmik posted...
LordFarquad1312 posted...
Darmik posted...
If that gecko had the same salmonella wouldn't our ancestors have also died horribly? If anything aren't we more likely to survive it?

Whatever hit this guy seemed to hit him bad.

Or we, as a species, learned not to eat the shit that would kill us.

If I see David eating a gecko and his balls swelling up like grapefruits, I sure as heck ain't eating a gecko.


Well that probably happened to people who ate raw chicken but luckily someone figured out you can cook them! I think it's the same case for geckos.

Yeah. There's even a theory that our brains evolved thanks to eating cooked meat.
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slimjimfizzle
07/02/19 12:37:05 AM
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YokoGeri posted...
Darmik posted...
His testicles were swollen up to grapefruits and there was fluid leaking from them and they [doctors] said that was normal


This doesn't add up.

So were the nuts leaking, or was it the penis?

And why would abdominal fluid get to the nuts? They're not connected.

One last thought: Why are we so weak? Our ancestors from the cavemen times would have feasted upon gecko easy

At that point find a doctor that realizes that shit ain't normal
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slimjimfizzle
07/02/19 12:38:02 AM
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fuzzylittlbunny posted...
A guy here in Hawaii got rat lungworm because he ate a slug on a dare <_<

Was his testicles ok
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SH_expert44
07/02/19 12:38:23 AM
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This is like when that one idiot ate a slug on a dare and it turned him into a tomato and killed him.
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Number090684
07/02/19 12:45:10 AM
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I know his immediate family is upset about his death and I can empathise with them on that but what "justice" is there to acquire for his death. He took a dumb risk and it killed him. Even if someone put him up to it it's not really their fault unless they absolutely knew it would do damage to him or kill him. It's not like someone else made him swallow it. #4 nailed it. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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CableZL
07/02/19 12:45:40 AM
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fuzzylittlbunny
07/02/19 12:45:54 AM
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slimjimfizzle posted...
fuzzylittlbunny posted...
A guy here in Hawaii got rat lungworm because he ate a slug on a dare <_<

Was his testicles ok

I believe so
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Number090684
07/02/19 12:46:12 AM
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slimjimfizzle posted...
fuzzylittlbunny posted...
A guy here in Hawaii got rat lungworm because he ate a slug on a dare <_<

Was his testicles ok


He got paralyzed a few months later and died from it too if I remember right.
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Darmik
07/02/19 12:53:26 AM
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Number090684 posted...
I know his immediate family is upset about his death and I can empathise with them on that but what "justice" is there to acquire for his death. He took a dumb risk and it killed him. Even if someone put him up to it it's not really their fault unless they absolutely knew it would do damage to him or kill him. It's not like someone else made him swallow it. #4 nailed it. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.


The hosptial probably could have acted a lot sooner.

They also don't know if consuming a gecko killed him since they haven't got the results of the autopsy.

CableZL posted...
But why would you eat a gecko


Your buddy said you were too
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omega cookie
07/02/19 12:56:19 AM
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No_U_L7 posted...
i thought this topic was by FF_Redux lol

Exactly. My first thought was "Isn't that dude like, 60 or something? How did he get that old and still be that stupid?".
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YokoGeri
07/02/19 9:26:02 AM
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slimjimfizzle posted...
YokoGeri posted...
Darmik posted...
His testicles were swollen up to grapefruits and there was fluid leaking from them and they [doctors] said that was normal


This doesn't add up.

So were the nuts leaking, or was it the penis?

And why would abdominal fluid get to the nuts? They're not connected.

One last thought: Why are we so weak? Our ancestors from the cavemen times would have feasted upon gecko easy

At that point find a doctor that realizes that shit ain't normal


Yes, seriously
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Romulox28
07/02/19 9:33:36 AM
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No_U_L7 posted...
i thought this topic was by FF_Redux lol

same lol
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Knowledge_King
07/02/19 9:42:35 AM
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Sounds like terrible doctors and a dumb dare.
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Awesome
07/02/19 9:42:37 AM
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poor guy. unfortunately people have to understand that humans cook food for a reason, preferably over a fire.
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specialkid8
07/02/19 9:45:32 AM
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Damn, he was this close to getting gecko based super powers.
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Squall28
07/02/19 9:47:27 AM
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No one else thought it was ridiculous how long they waited before going to the hospital. Black urine and everything swelling up? Yeah let's just wait.
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Solar_Crimson
07/02/19 9:50:18 AM
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YokoGeri posted...
One last thought: Why are we so weak? Our ancestors from the cavemen times would have feasted upon gecko easy

Modern medicine makes it so we don't have the same tolerances for the sort of stuff that our distant ancestors regularly ate.
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myzz7
07/02/19 9:51:51 AM
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ButteryMales posted...
HiddenRoar posted...
Darmik posted...
"Mum was asking them [doctors] because he had a blockage, 'cant you just operate?' They said no."


Universal Healthcare, folks.

I don't see how massive debt and dying is better.

because treating life jeopardizing healthcare as the DMV is the right way to go amirite.
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YokoGeri
07/02/19 10:49:02 AM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
YokoGeri posted...
One last thought: Why are we so weak? Our ancestors from the cavemen times would have feasted upon gecko easy

Modern medicine makes it so we don't have the same tolerances for the sort of stuff that our distant ancestors regularly ate.


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ThyCorndog
07/02/19 10:51:53 AM
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why would anyone be that stupid
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Were_Wyrm
07/02/19 10:52:16 AM
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CableZL posted...
But why would you eat a gecko

It's part of signing up for Geico now.
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CharlesBronson
07/02/19 10:53:57 AM
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ThyCorndog posted...
why would anyone be that stupid

he was being social that's why he ate it
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Old NoiseTank
07/03/19 9:04:58 AM
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crazy.
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myzz7
07/03/19 9:20:58 AM
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Darmik posted...
His testicles were swollen up to grapefruits and there was fluid leaking from them

yikes

Darmik posted...
"basically rotted from the inside out".

brutal
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07/03/19 9:21:19 AM
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poor FF_Redux
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07/03/19 9:25:56 AM
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Peer pressure is the dumbest thing ever. Don't no one ever fall for it again.
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pikachupwnage
07/03/19 9:33:19 AM
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Squall28 posted...
No one else thought it was ridiculous how long they waited before going to the hospital. Black urine and everything swelling up? Yeah let's just wait.


Yeah if my Urine is black or red I am dropping whatever I am doing...even if it was my own wedding to get medical attention.

Unless I have no other symptoms and I recently had beets.
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