Toddler’s mystery infection traced back to cake-snatching iguana
by Nicola Davis Science correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#6ACNM)
Three-year-old was on beach in Costa Rica when reptile tried to steal her dessert and bit her hand
It could almost be a fable from Aesop, or a story from the Brothers Grimm: the toddler, the lizard and the cake. But for one small child, whose baked treat was snatched by an iguana, it was a tale with a twist.
Doctors have revealed that the toddler ended up with an unusual infection after being bitten by the reptile as it tried to steal a bite of cake.
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