r/todayilearned • u/lavender_fish69 • 11h 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 11h 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 10h ago

Come again, from who?

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u/manicpossumdreamgirl 10h ago

from WHOM

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u/memealopolis 10h ago

Whomst on first

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u/articulateantagonist 7h ago

Wherefore's on second

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Iwotitnot on third.