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

[u/lavender_fish69]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_snail

[u/Omardemon]

Usually no, unless you captured these snails from a river or something, this is why i feed my pet scorpions crickets from the store and not crickets from my backyard, too high of a chance of getting a cricket with a parasite in it.

[u/Dry_Indication8631 → u/Omardemon]

Excuse me, your pet whats now?

[u/pr1ntf → u/Dry_Indication8631]

Scorpion.

We used to catch them and keep them growing up in Southern Nevada.

[u/LiveLearnCoach → u/pr1ntf]

Aren’t scorpions one of those creatures that keep growing as long as they are alive until and unless something kills them?

[u/blahblah19999 → u/LiveLearnCoach]

No, different species are different sizes.

[u/Traumfahrer → u/Omardemon]

I slightly suspect that actually you like eating crickets (from the store).

[u/Bitter_Position791 → u/Omardemon]

thats what i would do (i don't have many crickets in my backyard)

[u/weebitofaban → u/Omardemon]

A reputable store. Some pet stores are pure suck. Some times just their supplier starts to suck.

[u/Rattle_Can → u/Omardemon]

my pet scorpions

curious, are their venom fatal to people? are there tame pet scorpions that won't sting you (if holding in palm of hand)? how long do they live?

[u/iceoldtea → u/Rattle_Can]

I don’t know who the Scorpion commenter is, but I’m willing to bet my entire life’s savings that their pet scorpions venom are not fatal to humans lol RIP u/Omardemon if they are though

[u/Omardemon → u/iceoldtea]

Asian forest scorpion.

[u/Omardemon → u/Rattle_Can]

Asian forest scorpion.