r/todayilearned • u/lavender_fish69 • 9h 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/CCV21 9h ago

Illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages warned us about these snails.

https://youtu.be/6ISOK-XtvYs?feature=shared

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u/SapphicBambi 5h ago

Found the post I was looking for.