Father-of-three David Dowell was in "absolute agony" before he died, suffering from a salmonella infection potentially caused by a Christmas party dare involving a gecko.
It would have been David's 35th birthday last Tuesday, June 25, but instead of celebrating, his family held a vigil. "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, that’s when they rang the ambulance," Hannah said. 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.
"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.His family said he suffered mass organ failure and "basically rotted from the inside out".
Dirty dirk.
Poor gecko, condolences to the family but Dave's an idiot.
Don't be like David.
Darwin’s theory 🙄
GPs & hospitals in Aust are notorious in their neglect of parasitic diseases.
Geckos also harbour nasty parasites.
Poor guy.. less of the judgement. But morally you shouldn't eat live animals..sounds like stupid fraternity macho stuff.. ffs..
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