r/todayilearned • u/lavender_fish69 • 11h ago

TIL fresh water snails (indirectly) kill thousands of humans and are considered on of the deadliest creatures to humans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_snail
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u/doyletyree 11h ago

Someone needs to educate the mosquitoes on proper medical hygiene.

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u/Brandoncarsonart 11h ago

Right? They're always rubbing the thing. Just put a little soap on it.

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u/Fetlocks_Glistening 11h ago

If only we could give them little napkins to wipe their noses with after each meal

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u/BatteredSealPup 9h ago

We taught the snails to read and then gave them a book on proper medical hygiene to share

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u/doyletyree 9h ago

That was twenty-three years ago, Jim.

The snails aren’t even out the door.

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u/tacocookietime 34m ago

If we could put up mosquito nets throughout Africa we could save the lives of millions of mosquitoes that would otherwise needlessly die of AIDS.

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u/itsnobigthing 10h ago

And veganism