• BOMBS@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    cyanobacteria infection of the turtle. it can also happen if they dont parboil the turtle meat correctly. that’s the best i could find using an Internet search

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      8 months ago

      Wikipedia notes that the likely cause is a neurotoxin. Apparently it’s an area of little research, though.