  A new theory on the cause of lytico-bodig is making the rounds: urlLink Eating the Marianas fruit bat was the cause of lytico-bodig. Seems some researchers are suggesting that during the post war boom, a surging Chamorro population suddenly increased the amount of fanihi that were eaten.
The fanihi ate raw cycad seeds, and the poisonous urlLink BMAA toxins urlLink accumulated in the fat deposits on the bat. Intriguing idea, but so many have been proposed in the past. Cycads have always been a leading suspect though. urlLink The last one that I heard about mentioned bacterial blooms in certain rivers, which made a certain amount of sense since the incidence of lytico-bodig clusters in several southern villages and suggests a common local source, like a water supply. 
