A Chinese mitten crab hikes along a road near the district of Werder, Germany as it migrates to the North Sea.
A Chinese mitten crab hikes along a road near the district of Werder, Germany as it migrates to the North Sea.Hauke-Christian Dittrich/picture alliance via Getty Images
  • A man in China was hospitalized after eating a crab that pinched his daughter.

  • He was hospitalized for months after swallowing a crustacean.

  • Some areas of China serve raw crab, but local government officials have advised against it.

After eating a live crab to avenge his daughter, a man in China became unwell.

The man, identified as 39-year-old Lu of Zhejiang, was recently seen by doctors at a hospital in Hangzhou for severe back pain about two months after he swallowed the crustacean.

I asked him why he ate a crab. He wanted to take revenge on his daughter. He said he put the crab in his mouth for revenge because his daughter was pinched by the crab.

The Morning Post reported that Lu admitted to eating the crab after his wife mentioned the incident to doctors.

He was asked if he had ever eaten anything that could cause allergies. Lu admitted to doctors that he had eaten something special.

According to the Morning Post, Lu had three parasites that were found after he ate a crab.

The Morning Post reported that "drunken crabs" are sometimes served in Zhejiang, where Lu is from, and other provinces.

According to the Morning Post, it's better to eat something that has been treated with alcohol than it is to eat something raw. It's not 100 percent safe because it cannot kill all parasites.

According to the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Center for Food Safety in Hong Kong does not recommend eating raw crabs.

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