{"id":5472,"date":"2026-03-29T21:46:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T21:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsnowtrendi.xyz\/?p=5472"},"modified":"2026-03-29T21:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T21:46:30","slug":"boy-14-dies-after-injecting-himself-with-butterfly-in-viral-online-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnowtrendi.xyz\/?p=5472","title":{"rendered":"Boy, 14, dies after injecting himself with butterfly in viral online challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-an-ongoing-investigation\">An ongoing investigation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite receiving expert care, Davi\u2019s condition continued to deteriorate, and doctors were unable to save him. Sadly, he endured a painful seven-day struggle before passing away in February, at a hospital in Planalto, Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luiz Fernando D. Relvas, a specialist at the hospital, told VivaBem that \u201dit could have been an embolism, an infection, or an allergic reaction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dWe don\u2019t know how he prepared this mixture or the size of the fragments he managed to inject into the body,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/18101321\/skar12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-166421\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Social Media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dThere may have been air left inside, which could lead to an embolism,\u201d he added, noting that such a condition can result in sudden deterioration and even death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also an ongoing investigation into whether toxins from the butterfly could have caused organ failure and septic shock, which ultimately led to the boy\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Marcelo Duarte, director of Sao Paulo University\u2019s Zoology Museum and a butterfly specialist, explained (via Daily Mail): \u201cButterflies have a complex biology, and the fluids present in their bodies have not been studied in depth in terms of their toxicity to humans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-another-incident\">Another incident<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Civil Police in Vitoria da Conquista, who are leading the investigation, stated that an autopsy will help clarify the cause of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a similar incident last April, a Brazilian influencer almost had to undergo amputation after participating in a dangerous viral challenge for her two million followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dThammy MC\u201d&nbsp;was left unable to walk after standing in a bucket of ice and salt for an online \u201ddare\u201d that caused her feet to turn black and nearly led to the amputation of her toes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ongoing investigation Despite receiving expert care, Davi\u2019s condition continued to deteriorate, and doctors were unable to save him. Sadly, he endured a painful seven-day struggle before&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnowtrendi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnowtrendi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnowtrendi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnowtrendi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnowtrendi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsnowtrendi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5473,"href":"https:\/\/newsnowtrendi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5472\/revisions\/5473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnowtrendi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnowtrendi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnowtrendi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}