Why Snails Kill 200 000 People Every Year
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- Did you know that snails are the second deadliest animal on the planet and responsible for around 200 000 deaths every year? Here’s why.
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Because so many people commented about this under my last video I thought I make a video about it. Hope you like it.
The snail will be weaponized! Don't give any governments any ideas!
They'll have a new different complaint this time 😁
This was a great video, as always.
I am still looking forward to the second half of the magma video! Hope you finish it soon!
I will, dont worry. Although it's taking longer than promised, I know.
Abd el Halim Hafiz .. one of the most distinguished and loved Egyptian singers nicknamed the dark nightingale died in 1977 from liver failure due to this particular parasite.
Yeah, I think the snails are the helpless victim in this case. Imagine being jailed as an accessory to murder because the killer hid in your attic without you knowing anything about it.
Then mosquitoes are the same then
Kinda like how truckers throughout Europe get jailed for human trafficking, despite the illegal migrants breaking into the cargo to hitch along.
@@hamz5791 it's really easy to hate mosquitoes regardless of the risk of malaria
Snails take no action to pick up or release the flukes, and you'll likely never find the one that hosted the parasite that infects you, since it lasts 2 days after leaving the snail. Mosquitos on the other hand, can only transmit through direct harm to you.
It's like a person that unknowingly buys food someone tampered with, eats some, then puts it in the kitchen where we can have some too and we both get poisoned vs. a serial shoelace thief that is sometimes followed by his friend that likes stabbing people.
@@FantasyAddict95 okay but the shoelace thief example was funny
"the worms are harmless, it's the eggs that kill you" is like saying you don't die from falling from a building, it's the sudden stop at the bottom lmao
they basically fill up the narrow blood vessels and form a cist. Cists prevent the proper blood circulation, constant inflamation due to immune reaction and all other stuff. (all wikipedia info!)
That’s funny
Well technically it's true since you are alive until you bounce on the ground .
Guicho 271828 cyst is the word you tried to spell
Harmless, as long as those worms don’t shit and have sex and produce offspring? Harmless? Gross!
Phew, I'm relieved that the second most deadliest animal doesn't live in my country of Australia. *pats my pet red-back spider* I feel so safe now.
Bruhhh
I live in Americas Australia, Texas. I am so glad the dangerous things here are things you can see, except brain eating amoebas
Gavin Ross even if you did you’d rarely run into them. But when you do, you just have to use common sense. Not to mention there has only been 13 deaths from Sydney funnel webs ever. So no need to worry.
Wait there are no mosquitoes in Australia?
A1rPun yes, there are mosquitoes in Australia. Every continent except Antarctica has them
This is the embodiement of "the possibility is low but never zero"
More like Zero Escape, if you know what I mean? XD
The ancient medieval illustrations of knights fighting snails weren't just imagination, they were warning us!
🤣
i'm waiting for this coment,thanks :)
We must end them rightly
@An Nguyen *crushing noises*
@@Bryhvs No use flame throwers
"Although it can happen that a female divorces a male to look for a more genetically distinct mate"
Story of my life - wait what
😭
@@factsinmotion3978 wait did you date your cousin?
Generic Cynic /wooosh
@@thetruth9803 B R U H
Ok I'm never ever drinking swamp water by the gallon in Florida again.
But Florida man, this is where you get your super human powers from.
@@1MoreTurn the Florida man physique is really from another dimension
Me: lol drinking swamp water by the gallon wait what do you mean again !? what the hell is this common?
@@GhostEmblem We have a monthly swamp party here in Florida... and things can get... a little crazy sometimes.
@@1MoreTurn But I never get to use them so what's great power without great responsibility?
Me: Feeling educated during video.
Also me: Suspiciously eyeing my mystery snails in aquarium.
Same here are we good though??
I have pet snails.....should I be worried 0_o?
@@kaurk800 No, the snails are also a victim of the parasites, nature is all about balance.
"Here are the deadliest animals"
Parasites that actually cause those deaths: "Am I a joke to you?"
I know this is a joke but parasite are not animals, they are organisms but not animals
@@macaroon_nuggets8008 parasites can absolutely be animals, you're thinking about the distinction between viruses and animals. Not all parasites are parasticially reproductive, some just steal or survive off the host.
@@macaroon_nuggets8008 If the parasite isn't a bacteria, plant, fungi, Protist, or Archaea; then it is an animal.
As for Viruses and Infectious proteins, they are not parasites as they are not organisms.
@@macaroon_nuggets8008 Not all parasites are animals, but the worms in this video absolutely are.
Good points
You know, your voice and accent are very soothing, despite talking about such a terrifying body horror.
That’s the reason I watch this channel rather than any other channel
Ya this guy should start a ASMR channel
I find his speed and accent to be the worst part of the video. It's tolerable though.
I had the same thought. His voice commands attention. Excellent video.
Such a silky smooth voice...he should read some Lovecraft works.
"snails kill 200.000 people every year"
Mom : *Boil it in hot water an it'll safe to eat*
You must be chinese.
@@suprememasteroftheuniverse *French
Yes o
Greece here, we eat snails as well
Damn, I've been boiling them in COLD water!
They kill so many people because they are so sneaky. Have you ever heard a snail sneaking up on you?
How do you catch a Unique Animal?
You 'nique' up on him.
@@coiledsteel8344 dang, i remember that joke from regular show 😆
Snails: *are slow*
Snails when spreading diseases: *i am speed*
*Gangsta's Paradise plays*
Lol
Snails: *kILLS 200.000 PEOPLE*
French people: *STARING AND SWEATING*
Fool ! The snails are the ones in hiding when the French arrives, they are snails natural predators.
@Mike 'dead eyed cretin' Ehrmantraut do I care I just want my meal 🙄
@Mike 'dead eyed cretin' Ehrmantraut yes I shall enjoy them😊😋😋
Everything is edible if you try hard enough
@@avo616 tidepods are my favourite
To be honest, it's a shame the snails must be the ones paying the bill. Like, they are really peaceful creatures, but sadly they are targeted by many parasites.
Yes we should form an alliance to fight the worms instead of demonising snails
In Southern Accent that almost sounds like it's from the Confederacy: I have an idea on how we can put them there snails to work. We gotta weaponize that zombie virus and then proceed to use them as slav... I mean "indentured servants".
That's life for ya: Exotic and deadly.
The snails actually suffer relatively little considering how diseased they are. Like parasites will burst out of them and they just kind of glue themselves back together and carry on.
@Bo Kuen Tao Lol
Could you imagine looking over some unfortunate soul’s corpse and hearing someone say, “Yep. The snail got him."
I love learning about parasitic life cycles... its disturbing and fascinating at the same time. Sadly it's so hard to find content like this. Thanks man! Another wrinkle added to my brain
I think the best thing you need to learn is about us Humans, we are a parasite to this world
@@sajin4515 Not really. Most of us are just too greedy and egocentric to bother.
@@sajin4515 yeah well unfortunately, nature endorses that kinda thing
oh theres tons of other channels on here with great content. I'm subscribed to over 200 lmao check out anything hank or John green do (scishow,crashcourse), and Bradys channels (sixty symbols, numberphile, computerphile, nottinghamscience) veritasium, vsauce, smartereveryday, it's ok to be smart... loads of em.... Sam O'nella academy lol
@@icedcoffee8561 So many how do you keep track of them do tell. Must be great to know all of them.
Fresh water snail: exists
Japan: *E R A D I C A T E*
China: *HEY! ITS FREE REAL ESTATE*
Japan whalin and snailin
LOL
Japan : Eradicates a disease.
Nuff-nuffs : Reeeeeee!
*Enemy of our Rice Paddies, must meet extermination*
That dang immortal snail
Just found this channel and I have to say this: Your video design and editing is incredibly clean and precise. It makes the visuals really nice to look at and easy to follow. Well done!
Kinda puts that phrase "tropical paradise" into proper perspective. Thanks.
Yeah, it's funny how the closer you are to the tropics and the equator, the more there are things that want to kill you.
Lol, "paradise". For tourists maybe.
I live in Ecuador and never heard of that disease.
As a history student in uni I remember being astounded European immigrants preferred to go to temperate countries. Before modern medicine it could be a death sentence to try and settle in some of those tropical paradises.
Places ideal for life are ideal for both the prey and thus doubly so the predator.
"you get unlimited money, but this one snail will chase you around and kill you when it touches you."
"Million Dollars But" oh hai fellow rooster teeth fan!
What if I kill the snail first? Do I still get my money?
@@wintershock no matter what snail you kill, it will never be the snail that is chasing you
@@wintershock It's immortal. Even if you vaporize it, it respawns in a random location no more than a mile from you. The best you could hope for would be to immobilize it.
@@10GaugeManiac yeah i mean if i had unlimited money id pay a swat hazmat team to put it in my new spacecraft designed to keep it alive and get as far as fucking possible and that's that. I mean, you could achieve the same thing with a lead box but with unlimited money you gotta be flashy
This title aged like fine wine
* me carries salt and sleeps in a salt ring after watching this video*
_breaks out the salt shaker_
Peace was never an option.
@@boog2383 Underrated comment
@@boog2383 true
Salt shanker
EnderDrachin i love it 😂
Some African countries have weaponised salt against this deadly threat.
So they have combined assault rifles and salt to create the assault shaker ;)
I was expecting snails with machine guns, very disappointing.
same here hombre
VERY DISAPPOINTED
You made me think of the "Worms" computer games serie.
"Reality is often dissapointing"
Machine guns, that is outdated. The snails deployed their bio warfare weapons instead.
A snail is hunting me
Thank you so much for making.
Gary: *Meow*
People: Evaporate
Xd
S A L T
Hotel: trivago
@@ggezpz_gitgud Bruh: bruh
Lol. . . 🇨🇺
I got this recommended just after I touched a snail.
Bye.
Rip in piece
Well i stepped on a snail with bare feet once, so you probably wont die.
Womb Raider He made a fucky wucky, so he'll stay in the forever box.
Bye
F
You are my favourite educational source. I hope you enjoy making them as much as I enjoy watching them.
THANK YOU for providing your sources, this is a very neglected practice. Kudos!
I am now *_terrified_* to swim.
Even if I live far from tropical regions.
He waited wayyyy to long to say they were only found in sub tropical regions i go swimming in freshwater all the time
Yeah lmao I live in the cold parts of the UK
@@JKenny44 I was thinking that too. I was always aware of leeches, but this parasite scared me so much
Well I live in Cancún and the worst disease I had was Dengue, that's kind of my fault for living near a public hospital.
But most people live in the city normally without touching a drop of water from the swamps, they live fine even if we are from the tropics.
@@popyui7497 interesting.
Honestly, the worst thing I heard someone got for swimming in filthy water was indigestion, because they swallowed a bit by accident
Its very warming that some snails survived in Japan and are now parasite free. I would hate for them to be eradicated alongside the accursed parasite
I'm already weeping FOR Japan's eventual & total demise... T_T
@@veng3r663 I mean, Japan makes hentai and anime and some other weird shit so.. I'd bet a lot of people would be extremely upset if Japan died.
@@blaiseplayz6740 I would become a sociopath if I lose anime.
@@iamthehype3684 if you watch anime for atleast 6 hours a day, then you already are a sociopath 🙃
Juan Caesario if you watch entertainment for 6 hours a day then you are a sociopath
Fascinating, informative, subscribed. ...and right at the end of the video, a mosquito briefly hovered between me and the screen!
Great video, Thanks for making this.
Well, if bloodflukes are animals... wouldn’t that make bloodflukes the second deadliest animals in the world? Because, you know, they’re worms?
They're parasites, they can't exist without a snail 🐌.
Kewlzter TC I get that but worms are animals too #snaillivesmatter #fuckworms
@@BusterBuizel Imagine a person, with a pet alligator, this person feeds all his neighbors to the alligator. Is the alligator a killer, or a tool?
Likewise, without the snail, the parasites can't kill.
I think the snail and the worm are both the second dealiest animal. They share the spot. But because its not that surprising that a parasitic worm kills so many ppl you cant really fault OP for going with the snails.
@Bull Durham lol, half my family is from La, and the other half Ms, I've been there a few times. I haven't had Alligator there, I have had it in a posh country restaurant in California. Baby alligator tails, in a cheese sauce. I was impressed with the sauce, not the meat.
Everyone else: “I’m never going swimming in lakes ever again!!”
Me: “parasites can divorce?.....”
Parasites can be Karens too
She can took my kids too ?
I read that 50 percent of parasite marriages end in the death of the host
Samr
This Video was so enjoyable to watch! Thank you!
It is really amazing how much I don’t know.
Though on a par with a horror story, this is a classic case of ‘ignorance not being bliss’.
It was supposed to be the film Jaws that made you afraid to go back into the water, however this is on a whole other level.
Thanks for this essential information.
Me before watching: must be a super-secret snail toxin, then.
Me after the 1 minute mark: now I'm slightly scared.
12 am: Just one more video
3 am: Why snails kill 200,000 people a year
😂
This was excellent. Thank you!
Wow this really some quality content. Interesting and unknown facts explained and visualised in really good way. This is the kind of content that makes youtube great!
I shouldn't have played Plague Inc. on the Area 51 computer...
I guess I'll move to greenland now
underrated
THE RAID IS SUCCESFUL??? YAAAAY
Yes, I can confirm as a Manga reader we acknowledge things earlier than you guys and we spoil it for you people.
@@SensaiHaroku
Yuh.
How original
Wow this like a god damn horror movie
Seriously. One worm TO kill the World... :(
I was gonna swim at this lake near me but nope! Just the local pool will do😅
@@yabobayo5787
Better think again, Yabo:
www.medicaldaily.com/feces-water-and-5-other-health-risks-swimming-public-pools-245996
The question is : Why God create this creature?
Check out Upstream Color.
One thing I love about this is that even the carrier species, the snail, is living a better life now. Credit to Japan for putting an end to a long standing problem they faced, and here's hoping we can (mostly) eradicate the problem globally.
200000 people took the deal and failed
I can’t with this video , something about worms traveling through the blood stream makes my legs weak
wait until you experience pinworms. i legit developed a phobia instantly when i discovered i had them.
Niki Courtney what are pinworms?
@@partIycIoudy tiny worms that live in your rectum completely harmless
gator 0 0_0
Dude just thinking about snails and slugs already made me shiver and I have a phobia of them, just thinking about those slow moving creatures that can possibly carry some parasites or bacteria that can kill you is terrifying, it's like you're in a one way tight hallway and you're hitting a dead end while on the other side there's snails and slugs coming to you trying to kill you slowly but surely with those devil horns they call eyes and mouths placed where they walk. Made me shiver in pain.
News report: The snail that got ran over by a turtle.
They were interviewing the snail & asked him, “Hey! what happened?”
He said: “I don’t know, it all happened so fast.”
Turtles swim.... I think your snail was run over by a tortoise..
@@johnward2214 more interested in who thought giving a turtle (or tortoise) a car to drive would be a good idea in the first place
It's hilarious
😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
@Cute Girl 🐌 hi...
it can even kill immortal people!
The production value is just impressive!
Snails: We may be slow but we can kill 100,000 of you!!
Salt: I'm going to end some snails whole career.
Dr. Rudy
Overused ass joke
Haha mouze is a maderfckin snails 😆😂😃
Ha ha ha, we can kill ALL of YOU, snails.
And we will.
Dr. Rudy lmao
Jet fuel can't melt snails
This guys voice makes me feel like he’s explaining to me how to accomplish a top secret classified KGB spy mission.
🕵🏻♂️ 📑📂
really love to see such good content from Germany, came here from Robert Marc lehmann and wondered if you were German because of the accent.
I'm excited to see more of you. keep up the good work👍🏻
Excellent video! Thank you Sir ❤
WTF the snails didnt kill anyone, talk about blaming the victim
Host
Indirectly
XD
Snails are literally one of the most filthy animals on the earth, if your dog eats one it can get heart worm. I let a slug in my basement die slowly in a glass
By that logic mosquitoes don’t kill people either
Me : scared as shit to swim
Realize it only in Middle East and Africa
Stress level -50%
Thanks for the info
Remember just say no
The parasite can't legally enter your body without your consent
Im looking for the comment that said "Human is the Deadliest animal in the world" in every video that involves deadliest animal.
Humans are not animals. Thus the distinction between human and animal. Imo
@@supermodo417 lol, what? Humans arent animals? Dumbass. Truly.
Also, yes, humans kill or cause the death of more living creatures than any other single species, or virus, on earth. We kill on an unprecedented scale. Literal trillions of animals killed over mere decades
@@William-Morey-Baker hello? bacteriophages are a virus and do a WAY lot more ko's
@@supermodo417 ohh lol so we are mammals but not animals.......ok explain to me plz , seriously plz explain that....!?!?!
@@lacroix1976 it's not my job to educate you brother. Google it. Lol
Man, your graphics are the most beautifull I've seen in CZcams, please just pleasem, make a tutorial or two about this. You have crazy skills!! Technical and artistic skills.
That was an awesome video. Thank you so much. New Subscriber.
I hate that the snails are blamed and targeted when they're victims in this as well.
Me, still keeping my freshwater snails because they’re absolutely baby: *yolo*
Haha same, I've got a couple hundred ramshorn
Same
Lol, yeah. I've got some rabbit snails, nerites, and trumpets.
People gave a yolo comment this many likes? The fuck lmao
Mashed Potatos yolo
Says "second dealiest animal" in thumbnail, just pointing out
Corporate Snail
Thanks, fixed it.
Isn’t the second deadliest animal to humans other humans?
@@caesar7734 if your rating goes by directly caused deaths (E.g. Mauled by a tiger, eaten by a shark, stabbed by a human Etc), then humans would be by far the deadliest animal to humans I think.
@@caesar7734 But, humans aren't animals.
Whilst humans can be stupid and kill each other, alot of us are actually quite caring about each other.
And calling humans "animals" is silly though, as we're the most intelligent beings, created by God Almighty, who sent down His Son to die on the Cross for our sins
Goodness, I used to work in a rice paddy when I was younger. This made me very uncomfortable. Thank you for the facts.
Very interesting, thanks for the effort!
facts in motion:snails kill people
me:MOM GET THE SALT!
If you have ever had "swimmers itch", then you have been infected by a cercaria larva that was looking for a waterfowl host but burrowed into your skin and died. Swimmers itch or duck itch is caused by a species of the same family of flukes but they are specific to waterfowl. The foreign body (dead larva in your skin) causes your immune system to create histamines which then cause the itchiness.
the thought of this being inside is so disturbing.
Great video, thanks!
so... my pet land snails are okay? ._.
yes
@@factsinmotion3978 good. Because Gary was getting nervous. thank you :)
No risk of flatworms but land snails sometimes can carry Rat Lungworm but I think that's more found in slugs
they make worms that will have sex in your liver nad lay eggs in your blood
@@Dantick09 you made that sound so fuckin' kinky.
The amount of fresh water snails I’ve kept/been in contact with as a kid at the lake, is insane.
And despite this u never got infected...true, myself too and did often trips into water like this mentioned here with many living creatures without any problem!!!! They also mentioned here at some point the "hiv" virus witch is a big pharma invention to cover up a malpractice to a condition treatment did upon a large gay community in the USA so there goes their credibility down the river with harmless snails...:))))))))))
@@popra432 go take a swim in a tropical africa lake with loads of these snails and drink the water if u believe urself
THANK YOU! For a wonderful and informative video. I just discovered you today.
Schistosomiasis or bilharzia is a very real and present problem in Sub Saharan Africa as you state. I spent a couple of years there several decades ago and we were warned about watching for snails before we entered any fresh water system. I was a Biology major and knew a good bit about tropical diseases before I went there so I was glad the orientation program included a decent section on such.
Copper sulphate is often used as a disinfecting agent in swimming pools in that area (not that there are MANY of those!) and this chemical will dye the hair of blond people. I remember a scene of three ladies with long blond hair sitting on the edge of a pool... with GREEN TINTED hair! At least they wouldn't be getting Schistosomiasis!
Very good... clear and concise.
Can't really blame the snail if it never touched you
I'm going to subscribe and im not really sure why?
The best part of the video was the Monster Hunter sound effect at 5:47
U a Great Sword main?
@@dirandrous7682 What gave it away??
Just a guess.
;)
@@charliesimmons3297 great swords ftw.
Thanks indeed for your alert.
The snail is an innocent bystander in this, it's the flukes!
I thought this was gonna be about cone snails, which are some of the most venomous animals ever... Oh well, this is a good trade-off :P
; )
Anyone else happy for the snails living parasite free in Japan?
Littleham Porkchop2006 ...I wish they were as considerate to dolphins.
Yes, I was very pleased to hear that!
Yay! I live here, too. This is good to know.
@@blipco5 Judging by your name, you obviously don't extend the same consideration to pigs. Perhaps you could defend your hypocrisy?
@@DieFlabbergast wut
Very educational, much impressed
Great Channel. Fun "Bite Sized" documentaries, factual and delivered without idiot gimmicks, or offending click bait.
I really liked the video, especially at the end. For some odd reason or another, seeing Japans efforts to eradicate this epidemic made me smile.
And then, presentation and graphics is everything. I was actually engaged to something i knew and heard nothing about (like mentioned at the beginning of this video).
The person who narrated this video and deigned the graphics should be a professor. #Subscribed
Besides the great, informative content and the spot-on presentation... WTF what is going on with the GCI on this channel?! The quality is absolutely amazing. Have not seen anything comparable anywhere else on CZcams. Fantastic!
I bet he uses Cryengine for his videos . It has to be it
Me, owning four giant African land snails and four white lipped snails: 😅
I was caring garden snails today. Will I die? We will see
@@emilyn6150 hahaha we’ll not die, they’re freshwater snails-
I have snail/slug phobia
@@ocean3057 slugs I understand, but snails are really cool I think. There are so many different patterns and colours of their shells🐌
@@dynasty1162 different Colours and patterns will make me more scary 😭😭😭😭
Nicely done video
After watching the intro i keep activist for mosquito genocide.
I have a very simple solution. Just inject massive amounts of poison into your bloodstream to get revenge on any mosquitoes that bite you
Edit: don't
@@NoNo-xh7ru thankfully you edited your comment to tell me not to buddy I was almost gonna inject 60 ml of rat poison into my veins.
Eradication of mosquitoes is most likely harmful to the food chain
@@gunswinger3110 From my understanding, every animal that has mosquitoes as part of their diet don't have them as a primary source, so they should be able to easily replace them in their diet, or are just plainly unaffected
Also, a lot of the mosquitoes species are unoffensive, at least to humans
Japan was like "You infect us? No no... Sayonara Kiseichū-chan."
๏ςՇ๏г๏к รยรђเ But it does destroy much of the Japanese wetland biome. There is always give and take on this kind issue.
That one kid who used to keep 10 snails as a pet in a tank full of leaf: goodbye world
Stop calling me out lol
“Why snails kill 200000 people every year”
*Revenge*
But why do they want revenge on people
*snails geting killed by people* o i see now
There's the french
"Why" explains the reason, not the motive. Still grammatically correct.
@@shawnshores3016 Escargot. The French are too powerful of an enemy, so they take our their anger on the rest of us :(.
Here's a joke, boy. One day this man walks out of his house to go to work. He sees this snail on his porch. So he picks it up and chucks it over his roof, into the back yard. Snail bounces off a rock, cracks its shell all to shit, and lands in the grass. Snail lies there dying. But it doesn't die. It eats some grass. Slowly heals. Grows a new shell. And after a while it can crawl again. One day the snail up and heads back to the front of the house. Finally, after a year, the little guy crawls back on the porch. Right then, the man walks out to go to work and sees this snail again. So he says to it, 'What the f***'s your problem?'
this is why you develop infectivity before symptoms
edit: this was a joke and reference to plague inc, but I do actually develop my symptoms before my transmission, as they're cheaper. I do however try to avoid any lethality until i've infected every country.
ratichocc FACTS
Plague?
@@videofudge yes it was a reference
I usually start with transition between people and THEN with symptoms, since you have to kill all the humanity - you need to infect everybody, plus the symptoms could mutate and appear but itself and evolve into lethal one which you don’t want to use
Yet
Unfortunately it’s working only on few plagues, not for everybody, coz for some you need to spread and kill victims instantly.
Kinda obscure reference proud i got it
Thanks for this, very few know about this. I used to be a fisherman when I lived in Africa. I was infected with it, (also known as Bilharzia) and have a damaged bladder despite treatment.
Fascinating! Actually, beyond fascinating!!
On the topic of snails, do you think we could get a future video about how diverse snails really are? I think one scientist commented that this is "the age of the snail" given how widespread and ecologically diverse they can be.
What if we just take snails... And push them somewhere else
They will sliver back
Like the woods?
@@lauragarrard919 wait no, not into my woods
what if... what if... we put them in a tank...
It’s not their fault though 😭
This guy is clearly a doctor. Look how detached he is of talking about the most hellish shit.
you are right! just notice how dispassionately he is narrating the death of his fello human beings! He freaks me out😱
🤣😂sounds German as well
@@encyclopediaamericana7234 Yes he is, how do you know?
He doesnt have a accent
@@peterlustig6888 he for sure has an accent. it's not bad but it's there.
Would you prefer him to start crying in the middle of the video?
3:07 “The two worms usually remain joined together like this for life.”
Y’know, that’s nice. Everyone needs a buddy. Outside of this one fact though, I couldn’t be less sympathetic to their species.
They are parasite worms, you know. And as all the parasite worms, they have no need other than reproduction. They need no developed digestive system, because blood cells around them can easily be digested even with the inferior one; inside the host's body these parasites have no no threats they need to actively respond, so they need no neural system either. The only thing they need is to breed, and so they did the breeding throughout all the evolution, aand of all the parasites only the ones with exceptional reproductive systems persisted through natural selection. So, that would be strange, if this exact species did have a pretty average reproductive system.