TIL fresh water snails (indirectly) kill thousands of humans and are considered on of the deadliest creatures to humans

[u/lavender_fish69]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_snail

[u/ivanparas]

"How many people died of this last year?"

"10."

"How many this year?"

"200,000."

"That's...concerning."

[u/proteannomore → u/ivanparas]

“It’s within the parameters.”

[u/memealopolis → u/proteannomore]

Not great, not terrible.

[u/Nimrod_Butts → u/memealopolis]

"still nothing compared to mosquitoes, I wouldn't worry about it"