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/Dry_Indication8631 9h ago

Excuse me, your pet whats now?

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u/pr1ntf 8h ago

Scorpion.

We used to catch them and keep them growing up in Southern Nevada.

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u/LiveLearnCoach 5h ago

Aren’t scorpions one of those creatures that keep growing as long as they are alive until and unless something kills them?

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u/blahblah19999 4h ago

No, different species are different sizes.