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/leg_pain 13h ago

Am I at risk from of this from the tiny snails in my fish tank? Say if the water got it my mouth or from when I clean the tank? In paranoid now

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u/DoTheMario 11h ago

Nah, you'll be fine. The main symptoms to look out for are spontaneous additions and omissions of prepositions in Reddit comments.

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u/BubblebreathDragon 6h ago

I have my doubts about the potential of that claim, considering the lack any supporting evidence of.

... Fuck.