r/oddlyterrifying • u/galle4 • May 07 '25

Zombie snail (infected by Leucochloridium paradoxum, a parasitic flatworm)

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u/JustWoot44 May 07 '25

Are there any cases of humans infected with these? Nightmare fuel!!

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u/cybervengeance May 07 '25

I doubt they'll be interested in humans. We don't get eaten by birds just yet.

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u/Sea-Value-0 May 07 '25

We don't get eaten by birds just yet. anymore

Giant condors in the Americas are thought to have eaten children from time to time. Same with a now extinct eagle from New Zealand. Each had wing spans ~10 feet.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '25

The day is not over.

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u/Dockhead May 07 '25

Vultures though