HANOI, June 21 (Xinhuanet) -- Three people in southern Vietnamese province of Binh Thuan died and 85 others including 42 children were hospitalized after eating blue ringed octopuses on Saturday.

    Of the fatalities, one died on the way to hospital and two others at hospital, according to local newspaper Labor on Monday.

    This is the biggest poisoning case regarding blue ring octopuses in the province. All of the victims showed the symptoms of headache, and feeling benumbed in arms and legs.

    A 25-gram blue ringed octopus, whose scientific name is Hapalochlaena maculosa, can claim 10 human lives, because it has astrong toxin known as Tetradotoxin. Enditem