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NY man died as a likely result of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) from eating squirrel brains. While this occurred in 2015 it just came to light due to an investigation into a statistical increase cases (4) in this geographical area. A man in New York developed an extremely rare and fatal brain disorder after he ate squirrel brains, according to a new report of the man's case.
In 2015, the 61-year-old man was brought to a hospital in Rochester, New York, after experiencing a decline in his thinking abilities and losing touch with reality, the report said. The man had also lost the ability to walk on his own.
An MRI of the man's head revealed a striking finding: The brain scan looked similar to those seen in people with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), a fatal brain condition caused by infectious proteins called prions.
....the man had another dietary habit that could have raised his risk for vCJD: His family said he liked to hunt, and it was reported that he had eaten squirrel brains, said Dr. Tara Chen, a medical resident at Rochester Regional Health and lead author of the report. It's unclear if the man consumed the entire squirrel brain or just squirrel meat that was contaminated with parts of squirrel brain,
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...barf
Couldnt he just be happy with hormel potted meat or underwood devil??
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Usually no brains left after I shoot them
Maybe a crazy eyeball
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Usually no brains left after I shoot them
Maybe a crazy eyeball Typically what I do.
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Squirrel brains were pretty popular in years past.
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Old timers around home would eat them with eggs. I never took part.
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I guess that squirrel got even with the old man.
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And just what evidence do they quote to surmise that a short lived animal like a squirrel was the source of his illness?
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When I was a Kid we would fight over who got to eat the brains.....Just like chicken liver..... but better............ 
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Pass the backstrap and tenderloin...Brains are an easy pass, always 😎
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From the title I thought it was another anti-liberal screed. 
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Which explains a lot.
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The same thing was noted in Kentucky back in the '90s. A whole bunch of people acquired a "mad squirrel disease". Back then they were reporting it as a variant of mad cow. Like Creutzfeldt-Jakob, it's a prion disease. All of the affected people were squirrel brain-eaters. All of them died.
Same thing can happen from eating all sorts of brain, including human brains (Kuru disease).
Moral of the story: don't eat brains!
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Moral of the story: don't eat brains! This!
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I was going to say that I really didn't like squirrel brains until I read further and found out you were speaking of rodents rather then politicians. I don't like rodent brains either.
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Old timers around home would eat them with eggs. I never took part. My Granddaddy claimed to have done that. He lived to be 85. People don't realize how poor most people were, particularly in the South, before WW2. Protein did not go to waste.
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My Grandpa in Virginia used to eat them fried with scrambled eggs, but me, no, never.  Squirrel meat was a staple on the mountain.
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Many here have squirrel brains
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Do these prions have any similarity to those found in deer that have CWD?
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