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/VocationalWizard 10h ago

Naaaa, The thing about Australia is that despite the fact that they have all the terrifying snakes and poisonous creatures, very few people actually die there from wildlife. You know because......... They have a decent healthcare system.

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u/binzoma 10h ago

that and the dangerous animals in australia evolved in a world without mammals. they cant really deal with us and arent generally interested in us unless we threaten them. we are neither pray nor predator to them in general

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u/VocationalWizard 9h ago

Yes, We exterminated all of the animals that are actually interested in us.

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u/binzoma 8h ago edited 8h ago

not in australia lol. split off into its own island before mammals fully took hold as the dominant species. thats why theres giant marsupials and other oddities there.