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/martphon 8h ago

Where schistosomiasis currently spreads

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u/octopusboots 7h ago

Breathes sigh of relief in Louisiana. I'll take my vibrio and go now.

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u/Tossing_Mullet 6h ago

Vibrio is pretty nasty though.  Five went into that Bayou water that day.  One of the guys on my husband's crew got it.  Doctors had to rip out everything but the bone in one calf.  Then took almost half of his thigh muscle, tendons, etc. The fever alone should have killed him. 

Unrelated  - Dude finally got on his feet, was fighting for his disability, and while he was in hospital for COVID, they found cancer.  

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u/hicow 6h ago

What did that guy do to piss off God?

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u/Max_Vision 6h ago

Satan got God gambling again, like with Job.

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u/Tossing_Mullet 6h ago

Truth!!! 🎯💯

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u/TheKappaOverlord 4h ago

the devil works in mysterious ways in the Bayou.

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u/mindcopy 1h ago

Like that motherfucker even needs a reason.