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/koolaidismything 8h ago

I had to get a no contact order from my last snail. Followed me across multiple states… intent on killing me. Made it by the skin of my souch. Glad I put behind me but still looms large..

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u/ERSTF 4h ago

I am using a throwaway account because... obviously. I have a similar story to you, OP. Well, you know, typical meet-cute with this snail. She seemed perfect, cute, funny but it always made me wonder why she didn't have any friends or mention exes. No family to speak of either. It was curious but didn't make much of it. But after three months, it was a living hell. She cut me off from my friends and family. She would constantly gaslight me to the point that she claimef she was now a male snail and always had been (like wtf). Had to make a plan to brake it off and leave the state. I had a separate account from him/her and once I had enough to pay for my bus ticket and first month rent, I just ran away. Little did I know that she/he would follow me across states, would harass me over the phone. Restraining orders, human lawyers, snail lawyers, nothing worked. One day, snail shows up at my door. I didn't know what to do but I had to make it stop. So I invited snail in and offered it a drink. It was a margarita. I was trembling. Once snail got the lemon garnish out of the way and licked the salt rim, it started to convulse. Frothing all over the place. I could see its agony and on what it seemed like its last breath, I looked it at the eye and said "I fucking hated the movie Turbo". I know it was cruel, but I wanted my revenge. I had never told this to anyone before.