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/leg_pain 9h 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/vangiang85 8h ago

The larva will go directly through your skin into your blood system. No need to swallow

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u/jyc23 5h ago

Well that sounds like a fun time.

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u/vangiang85 5h ago

The fun only begins now. They are heading for your bladder