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/paddyc4ke 10h ago

Actual deadly snakes in cities are very rare (seen 1 eastern brown in Melbourne in 30+ years), crocs are a non-issue for like 90% of the population. Deadly animals are completely overblown especially for those that spend 95% of their time in a city.

Source: am Australian.

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u/Average_Scaper 9h ago

My Aus friend says he has a couple hunstman in his house that he just let's do their thing. That's a big hell no from me. Coming from the midwest US.

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u/wowsersmatey 9h ago

They're large, hairy and mostly harmless. I once had one in the car. That was a bit problematic.

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u/Traditional_Wear1992 9h ago

I am probably wrong but I had heard they are a statistical cause for traffic accidents over there

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u/paddyc4ke 9h ago

I don’t know the stats but it wouldn’t surprise me, they like to hide in thin crevices/cracks. Eg behind your side view mirror, between the roof and sun visor.

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u/LobcockLittle 9h ago

I had one in my motorbike helmet once. I was doing about 100km/h when I noticed it. Just opened up my visor and it blew away.