| double lethal coconut crab (birgus latro l.) poisoning. | we report a double lethal coconut crab birgus latro l. poisoning in new caledonia. both patients died after showing gastro-intestinal symptoms, major bradycardia with marked low blood pressure, and finally asystolia. both had significative hyperkaliemia, suggesting a digitaline-like substance intoxication. traditional knowledge in the loyalty islands relates coconut crab toxicity to the consumption of the cerbera manghas fruit by the crustacean. elsewhere previous descriptions of human poisoning ... | 2010 | 19591858 |