Food influencer reportedly dies after eating toxic devil crab for social media clout

Government

Philippine officials are warning the public to exercise caution after a food influencer allegedly died from eating a poisonous crustacean known as a “devil crab.” The victim, Emma Amit, 51, had reportedly consumed the toxic shellfish for a social media video, Viral Press reported. In the clip, the gourmand and her friends are seen harvesting shellfish in a mangrove forest on February 4 near her home in Puerto Princesa, a coastal town in Palawan. The clip shows her biting a sea snail that she