Deadly catch: Filipino vlogger dies after eating ‘devil crab’ on camera

Emma Amit, a food content creator, is seen in her final video post eating a crab that contains a potent mix of neurotoxins. - SCREENGRAB FROM SCOTT TREND/FACEBOOK

MANILA: A Philippine food vlogger has died after filming herself eating one of the country’s most poisonous reef crabs.

Emma Amit, 51, who had more than 200,000 followers on her Instagram account, filmed herself foraging along the mangroves near her seaside home in Puerto Princesa, on the island province of Palawan, plucking snails and prying brightly mottled crabs from coral crevices.