Video: Two lines penetrate the body of the human cannibalistic bacteria

Human-eating bacteria can enter the body through an open underwater wound or eating seafood on the bottom.

Human-eating bacteria can enter the body through an open underwater wound.

Human-eating bacteria found in the Gulf of Mexico have caused many seafarers to worry after an infected man died in early June.

Previous infections include a 50-year-old man in Texas, USA, who had to amputate his legs after swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, and an anonymous fishing man near Souix Bayou, Mississippi, cut his hand due to touch the shrimp.

65% of infections caused by eating seafood. Scattering cannibalism is most common in the summer months from May to October. The Texas State Health Agency most people come into contact with bacteria in large water areas without being infected.