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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHe ate a slug on a dare, became paralyzed, and died
My god. Horrific!
https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/11/05/health/man-dies-after-eating-slug-on-dare/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F
Cirque du So-What
(25,907 posts)I hope this slug and the parasites within it appear on a list of things in Australia that can kill you.
NewsCenter28
(1,835 posts)Makes me think this could happen some day to the little guys and young men I know in my own life. God forbid.
drray23
(7,615 posts)Apparently, it's a feat to stay alive over there. They have so many things that can kill you. Animals, plants, etc..
canetoad
(17,135 posts)Caused by slugs eating rodent droppings. Tragedy.
panader0
(25,816 posts)Wow..... sounds like the front man for a punk band.
Sounds like a guy I went to school with...
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I'm trying to teach my kid not to be a dumbass and to think critically.
I hope his self inflicted error is a lesson for others.
NeverTrumpDemocrat
(48 posts)Will this challenge go viral though?
msongs
(67,347 posts)on some tv show where the newts are native to the lakes and streams and some campers got water to make coffee. somehow the newt got in the coffee pot and the ppl who drank it died.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-a-deadly-camping-trip-revealed-an-arms-race-between-snakes-and-newts
Crunchy Frog
(26,574 posts)Mendocino
(7,480 posts)The Survivorman got sick from a turtle in the Georgia swamps. He cooked it, but apparently not enough.