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Garden snails around seattle will absolutely bite you (teeny tiny bite) and draw blood if you let them crawl around on your skin.

• eth0up 2mo ago
  Beware of strongyloids. Or apparently to maintain complexity of taxonomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiostrongyliasis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiostrongyliasis Or rat (snail/slug) lungworm
  • hedgehog 2mo ago
    Any article with headings "Eye invasion" and "Lumbar puncture" is bound to be a good time.
  • EdwardDiego 2mo ago
    A teenager in Australia died due to this after eating a dog slug as a dare.
    • latexr 2mo ago
      I heard about that when it happened, but hadn’t realised it took nine years with a coma, paralysis, and seizures. It must’ve been horrifying for everyone involved, including the mates who dared him. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/teen-paralysed-eventually-killed-after-36186316 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/teen-paralysed-even...
      • sashank_1509 2mo ago
        Touchy subject and Im not commenting on this specific case that I have no idea about, but for this class of cases (ruptured spine, paralysis, coma) MAID seems better than prolonging life, especially if there’s no hope for full healthy recovery.
        • latexr 2mo ago
          Perhaps they considered it, laws pertaining to it seem to be quite recent in Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_and_assisted_suicide_in_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_and_assisted_suicid...