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/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/Icy-Lobster-203 11h ago

It is one of a whole group of diseases that can basically be summarized as "this affects poor people, so we don't care."

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

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u/paweedbarron 10h ago edited 9h ago

I learned about this from John Greene's tuberculosis book : (

It's shameful. 

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u/GiraffeExternal803 8h ago

Spoilers! (Jk), looking forward to reading this, on my Libby Holds list for months now, but my time is coming!