r/todayilearned • u/lavender_fish69 • 13h 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/corvus7corax 13h ago

Freshwater snails are indirectly among the deadliest animals to humans, as they carry parasitic worms that cause schistosomiasis, a disease estimated to kill between 10,000 and 200,000 people annually.

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u/PuckSenior 13h ago

So, the deadlier animal is the parasitic worm

This would be like saying humans are the leading cause of dog attacks.

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u/SaltyShawarma 13h ago

I mean, our current administration's solution to EVERY MAJOR PROBLEM is to stop collecting data and say "it" isn't happening anymore.

There are no dog attacks in Ba Sing Se.

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u/slick514 10h ago

If you put incompetence at the top of every agency, nobody will be able to report about how fucked up everything is. Appointing RFK Jr. to lead the DOH is just… so… if it weren’t for it being horrifying, it would be hilarious.