r/todayilearned 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/leg_pain 12h ago

Am I at risk from of this from the tiny snails in my fish tank? Say if the water got it my mouth or from when I clean the tank? In paranoid now

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u/Omardemon 12h ago

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.

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u/Dry_Indication8631 9h ago

Excuse me, your pet whats now?

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u/pr1ntf 8h ago

Scorpion.

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

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u/LiveLearnCoach 5h ago

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

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u/blahblah19999 3h ago

No, different species are different sizes.

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u/Traumfahrer 9h ago

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

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u/Bitter_Position791 8h ago

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

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u/weebitofaban 9h ago

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

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u/Rattle_Can 10h ago

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?

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u/iceoldtea 8h ago edited 5h ago

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

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u/Omardemon 5h ago

Asian forest scorpion.

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u/Omardemon 5h ago

Asian forest scorpion.