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Officials noted that a person in one of the latest confirmed cases became infected in December of 2018 after purposely swallowing a slug on a dare.

Leave it to human stupidity to always find a way.

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There was a widely reported and tragic story of a young man doing the same thing in Australia some years ago (Sam Ballard). I would have to assume his fate was unknown to the current patient.

I never heard of him nor these specific parasites but I remember learning in school that snails and slugs are hosts for many kinds of parasites. Which is why I would nor eat one, especially uncooked.

I wonder how many parasites Bear Grylls has? He always seemed to enjoy eating slugs and bugs in his Man Vs. Wild show.

https://www.looper.com/32135/reasons-man-vs-wild-totally-fak...

It’s the magic of tv.

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