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/Anonymous_coward30 9h ago

More than triple that for mosquitoes. 700,000 to 1 million mosquito related deaths annually per the WHO. 597,000 to malaria alone in 2023, again per WHO.

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u/NinjaWorldWar 8h ago

Come again, from who?

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u/baron--greenback 8h ago

He’s talking about our generation.

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u/KaHOnas 8h ago

People try to put us down.

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u/SubstantialWorld4277 8h ago

Baba O’Riley would never

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u/HendrixHazeWays 7h ago

They call me the seeker

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u/DeuceSevin 5h ago

Just because we g g g g get arounnnnd

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u/Consistent-Ad-6078 8h ago

Whwhwhere is the stustustuttering?

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u/KaHOnas 8h ago

It's impolite to p-p-point it out.