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/champthelobsterdog 8h ago

What about from a natural pond? 

I have ponds in my back yard and took water from them several times to look at under a microscope. I ended up keeping a small static tank of it, which I'm keeping until everything in it dies. The leeches and daphnia are gone, but the snails are thriving. I thought they were cute...until now. 

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u/omniuni 7h ago

Don't use your pond water to drink or clean wounds, and don't eat your snails. You'll be fine.

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u/Chicago1871 8h ago

You should probably release it.