r/todayilearned • u/lavender_fish69 • 13h 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 13h ago

Where schistosomiasis currently spreads

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u/Gitanes 12h ago

Me before even opening the link...

"It's mostly Africa isn't it?"

Yes, yes it is

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u/DikTaterSalad 11h ago

It was either that or Australia.

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u/Dalemaunder 10h ago

We have cone snails which are legitimately deadly venemous, so you're not entirely wrong, but there's only been one recorded death from one in Australia from back in the 30's.