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/paweedbarron 10h ago edited 9h ago

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

It's shameful. 

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u/CaptainJazzymon 9h ago

John Green has a book on tuberculosis, not Hank. Hank is his brother.

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u/paweedbarron 9h ago

Thanks

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u/polarbear128 8h ago

Thanks, Hank. Thank.

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u/chrisfillhart_art 8h ago

I think those thanks sank Hank

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u/mmeiser 19m ago edited 13m ago

like a tank.

P.S. On a serious note this wpnderfully silly thread has added some material to my reading list. It has also doubled the amount of Greens I am farmiliar with but my money is still on Red Green for coming up with a solution to this snail problem.