How 1 Bite Gave This Boy Instant Brain Damage

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  • čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
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    A 17-year-old boy in Australia is on a trip with his football team. He spots a little slug, and doesn’t think too much of it when his friends dare him to eat it. He says that it won’t kill him, then picks it up and swallows it. In some countries, raw snails are a delicacy, known as escargot-so a live slug should be fine to eat, right? How bad could it be?
    But suddenly, he feels tired, and has severe pain in his legs. His body shuts down and he’s rushed to the hospital, where he goes into a coma. Doctors give the boy a 1 in 17 million chance of living. He wakes up a month later, having lost 100 pounds, but this was only the beginning of his nightmare. What happens when you eat a snail or swallow a slug? Would it make you sick? How about just touching one? Let’s get into it!
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  • @Brew
    @Brew  Před 2 lety +380

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  • @jaredtrainor6860
    @jaredtrainor6860 Před 2 lety +10592

    Any person who eats a random creature from Australia has both no fear and is incredibly foolish.

    • @leviathan6071
      @leviathan6071 Před 2 lety +216

      Brave Wilderness but for food

    • @zeroburn315
      @zeroburn315 Před 2 lety +528

      There is a fine line between bravery and foolishness.

    • @wolfzmusic9706
      @wolfzmusic9706 Před 2 lety +212

      Any person who eats something like that is foolish

    • @JZJ7777
      @JZJ7777 Před 2 lety +261

      Australia, America, doesn’t matter, anyone who eats a slug will probably will be foolish.

    • @batchampa
      @batchampa Před 2 lety +74

      The problem is that when you grow up here, you feel immortal

  • @CoriKitsune
    @CoriKitsune Před 2 lety +7749

    I can’t imagine how guilty his friends might have felt

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 2 lety +2163

    Even the name “rat lungworm” sounds horrifying. Poor kid, this is why being dared to consume or lick something disgusting is never worth the risk.

    • @johnrenwelmauro2387
      @johnrenwelmauro2387 Před 2 lety +6

      Yo

    • @Baelor-Breakspear
      @Baelor-Breakspear Před rokem

      Do you really have a mustache? Are you really just some guy with a mustache?? Or is your nickname a farce??!!

    • @someaddictedidiot2186
      @someaddictedidiot2186 Před rokem +66

      We think it's disgusting for a reason.

    • @nokiot9
      @nokiot9 Před rokem +9

      Could it have been a… fluke? 😬 I’ll show myself out-

    • @IRONRANGER837
      @IRONRANGER837 Před rokem +9

      I have been dared to do similar things. I always turn them down.

  • @cscunha95
    @cscunha95 Před 2 lety +872

    Sam's friends: "We're on an wine appreciation night, let's behave more like adults!"
    Also Sam's friends: "I dAre YoU to eAT a sLuG frOm tHe fLoOr!"

    • @corundumkrabble5035
      @corundumkrabble5035 Před rokem +51

      Fr, that was very unadult-like

    • @Texas_ice
      @Texas_ice Před rokem +10

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I’m too through!!

    • @q20000
      @q20000 Před rokem +3

      Yes true I remember there's a slug in the ground at recess and everyone was staring at it

    • @magnusm4
      @magnusm4 Před rokem +24

      If someone genuinely dared me to eat a raw living slug.
      I would've told them I have more respect for the crusaders who pillaged Constantinople.

    • @Chuni_MD2
      @Chuni_MD2 Před rokem

      Those who act to be mature the most, often are the most immature

  • @AlexMuseMatrix
    @AlexMuseMatrix Před 5 měsíci +65

    Slug In USA: 🤢
    Slug in Europe: 😊
    Slug in Africa: 😨
    Slug in Australia: 💀

    • @dafindack7166
      @dafindack7166 Před 3 měsíci +12

      Everything is 💀 in Australia

    • @chamanlal8550
      @chamanlal8550 Před měsícem +2

      ​@@dafindack7166 stop using skull emojis this is everywhere

    • @chamanlal8550
      @chamanlal8550 Před měsícem

      Where is asia

    • @chamanlal8550
      @chamanlal8550 Před měsícem +1

      Actually slugs are not disgusting in usa and stop using that 🤢 emoji

    • @teacookieYT
      @teacookieYT Před měsícem

      @@chamanlal8550East of Europe 😆

  • @marcoguenza2329
    @marcoguenza2329 Před 2 lety +2024

    But, all of a sudden, he realised that he was eating a slug in AUSTRALIA. Kudos to all the Australians for surviving their natural environment

    • @TheBronf
      @TheBronf Před 2 lety +87

      we dont exist. us aussies are just actors. i should know. i live in Australia.

    • @DaggerSecurity
      @DaggerSecurity Před 2 lety +62

      ikr, Australia seems like another planet when it comes to its Zoology. lol

    • @TheBronf
      @TheBronf Před 2 lety +35

      @@DaggerSecurity thing is it isnt as dangerous as people think it is. ya highly poisonous spiders / snakes but they useally do dry bites instead of using there venom since they want to use that more for other things. i would be more afraid of a bear then a snake

    • @ikawba00
      @ikawba00 Před 2 lety +1

      @@TheBronf is that true? The spiders do not use their venom in biting humans?

    • @TheBronf
      @TheBronf Před 2 lety +13

      @@ikawba00 not as often then you think. but it is true that its mostly dry bites.

  • @bromisovalum8417
    @bromisovalum8417 Před 2 lety +3589

    Escargots aren't raw snails they are cooked. Just like whelks (sea snails), they're actually delicious. But of course you don't eat them raw. You cook them in a bouillon of celery, onions and black pepper. You have to bring them on a rolling boil for 15 minutes.

    • @Harringtonize
      @Harringtonize Před 2 lety +342

      Yes! Glad someone mentioned that the dish was cooked!

    • @LadyBern
      @LadyBern Před 2 lety +109

      And it's yummy!
      I'll eat cooked escargot in a heartbeat, only one in my family who will and I love it, more for me!

    • @sarasmr4278
      @sarasmr4278 Před 2 lety +161

      It's really just a vehicle for garlic butter and I'm all for that

    • @clarie4497
      @clarie4497 Před 2 lety +55

      🤢

    • @ayanabeltaine
      @ayanabeltaine Před 2 lety +124

      yeah.. that seems like a pretty strange thing to say Brew, definitely not raw.. someone eating a raw random slug doesn't really match up to a "meal" or escargot.

  • @raccoonmaybecooking474
    @raccoonmaybecooking474 Před 2 lety +4648

    I always feel so bad for the people who pass away from harmless dares or things like that

    • @ForeverSweetx3
      @ForeverSweetx3 Před 2 lety +534

      Well it wasn't harmless

    • @irandomtp
      @irandomtp Před 2 lety +426

      Harmless would put it lightly. It's Australian wildlife: everything is deadlier than deadly

    • @maranatha8768
      @maranatha8768 Před 2 lety +87

      Not so harmless is it ?

    • @loeil666
      @loeil666 Před 2 lety +186

      Natural Selection

    • @kosherre6243
      @kosherre6243 Před 2 lety

      @Don't read profile photo 🖕

  • @kaystephan2610
    @kaystephan2610 Před 2 lety +153

    3:10 "No one gets sick of THAT". Wow. Really great parenting 🙄🙄

    • @psychedelicpunk5031
      @psychedelicpunk5031 Před rokem +26

      Uh yea, it is. She was trying to comfort her child.

    • @Grimreaper-g2i
      @Grimreaper-g2i Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@@psychedelicpunk5031 Knowledge! (Tennagers already have enough problems)

    • @foreverr.enchantedd
      @foreverr.enchantedd Před 7 měsíci

      @@psychedelicpunk5031yea

    • @wonnyism
      @wonnyism Před 3 měsíci +11

      @@psychedelicpunk5031 comforting and not doing anything? nice

    • @JoystickStereo
      @JoystickStereo Před 2 měsíci +9

      ​​​@@psychedelicpunk5031 Comfort and dismissal are 2 completely different things. Why did you even try to sugarcoat it?
      You're 100% trolling.

  • @simonphoenix3789
    @simonphoenix3789 Před rokem +59

    The stupidity of some people blows my mind. How does a 17 year old not know that you shouldn't put random animals into your mouth?

    • @ZAND4TSU
      @ZAND4TSU Před 4 měsíci +13

      He probably did it for the vine

    • @pinacolada5911
      @pinacolada5911 Před 2 měsíci +16

      Better question is why his MOM said it was fine. Runs in the family apparently

    • @ZAND4TSU
      @ZAND4TSU Před 2 měsíci

      @@pinacolada5911 for real

    • @chamanlal8550
      @chamanlal8550 Před měsícem +4

      He was 19 I think

    • @infinidominion
      @infinidominion Před 12 dny

      From an ignorant family, evidently

  • @Maljurok
    @Maljurok Před 2 lety +1256

    Considering that the mucous trail snails and slugs leave behind ,along with their excrement as they travel, it makes a lot of sense how produce can get contaminated along with an alternative to how rodents can get infected considering they would likely go after this same produce.

    • @chickonn
      @chickonn Před 2 lety +39

      And then their mucous trail is used for a spa treatment 🤮

    • @Zenithxblack
      @Zenithxblack Před 2 lety +6

      @@chickonn that still seems like it can't be real, to me. Like part of a weird fairytale.

    • @sirbedivere5670
      @sirbedivere5670 Před 2 lety +31

      @@Zenithxblack And that is why you cook them properly before you even try to eat any of them.

    • @FalconWindblader
      @FalconWindblader Před 2 lety +14

      @@Zenithxblack Fire ain't considered a cornerstone of civilization for no reason after all.

    • @Kayla4217
      @Kayla4217 Před 2 lety +4

      @@Zenithxblack it is actually super good for retaining hydration in the skin haha you use it for that "glass skin" effect

  • @LightingMouse
    @LightingMouse Před 2 lety +1102

    Moral of the Story: Don't eat something you found on the ground alive or not

  • @peterjf7723
    @peterjf7723 Před 2 lety +1804

    Some countries in the far East have a dish known as jumping salad. This contains live shrimps - hence the jumping. These shrimp can carry dangerous parasites, rat lung worm included.

    • @bromisovalum8417
      @bromisovalum8417 Před 2 lety +115

      @@carolannemonteleone5276 maybe they're freshwater shrimps

    • @Notanothercrayon
      @Notanothercrayon Před 2 lety +243

      Between the parasites and the unnecessary cruelty of eating something alive, why do they eat that?

    • @catatoblob8598
      @catatoblob8598 Před 2 lety +65

      @@Notanothercrayon novelty, probably. Why would anyone eat a garden slug?

    • @peterjf7723
      @peterjf7723 Před 2 lety +131

      @@carolannemonteleone5276
      Thai PBS reported in January 2020 that Naresuan Hospital in Phitsanulok in northern Thailand had their first case of blindness caused by rat lungworm. In that case it was raw freshwater prawns she had eaten.
      The 40 year old woman was particularly fond of eating raw Thai dishes principally one called "Kung Chae Nam Plaa.
      This is uncooked prawns marinated in fish sauce, a very popular Thai delicacy usually served with some ornamental veg and chilies.
      The report didn't mention her treatment or if any recovery was possible.

    • @MiaMizuno
      @MiaMizuno Před 2 lety +10

      Ew

  • @chitzzz1384
    @chitzzz1384 Před 2 lety +63

    Those who dared him will carry the guilt for the rest of their lives

    • @misterlister-wm2tj
      @misterlister-wm2tj Před 10 měsíci +3

      To be honest I bet they've forgotten about it now and have moved on

  • @uglyguy3449
    @uglyguy3449 Před 2 lety +37

    Here in Brazil, it's a common sense to avoid this animals. Actually, we're told by our mothers since childhood to not even touch them or the trail left by them.

  • @pn4960
    @pn4960 Před 2 lety +1216

    Ok Brew sorry to correct you but we don’t eat escargot raw 😂 it actually takes quite a bit of preparation, including cooking it.
    A French subscriber

    • @carlosdasilva2409
      @carlosdasilva2409 Před 2 lety +32

      Genuine question: What's the taste and texture like?
      Edit: Is it worth it in terms of cost? (in your opinion)

    • @WonkOfWonkyness
      @WonkOfWonkyness Před 2 lety +7

      ^^ What he said. ^^

    • @AngelNearDestruction
      @AngelNearDestruction Před 2 lety +49

      Also, PN, I assume you commented before you finished the video, because that was clearly a scripting error. They explain that escargo is SAFE because it is cooked with garlic and oil. So they are aware escargo isn't raw.

    • @kclightman
      @kclightman Před 2 lety +45

      @@carlosdasilva2409 Texture is a bit like calamari - slightly rubbery. Taste is like tons of garlic butter. I rather like it, myself. If I'm splurging, or on a cruise, I'll get it. I prefer steamed clams as an appetizer, though.

    • @carlosdasilva2409
      @carlosdasilva2409 Před 2 lety +6

      @@kclightman Sounds nice. I know that I should try it if I get the chance!

  • @umdasu
    @umdasu Před 2 lety +176

    I live in Brazil. Met a man that caught the worm from an African snail. The parasite here is known to travel up the legs and through the urinary tract. He survived but now has a bag tapped to his belly. According to him he contracted the parasite from only walking around bare foot.

    • @rickc2102
      @rickc2102 Před 2 lety +42

      In the American South, many of us were made to always wear shoes outdoors because of the risk of hookworms.

    • @Zinky16
      @Zinky16 Před 2 lety

      The African snail is nice to eat tho

    • @jasper_____595
      @jasper_____595 Před rokem +11

      Wow that's it , I am keeping my sandals on from now onwards , I have this habit of walking around barefoot and now I am absolutely terrified after reading this 👀

    • @malinia.20
      @malinia.20 Před 9 dny

      That is schistosomiasis. Not rat lungworm! But that's so scary.

  • @will_wtr
    @will_wtr Před 2 lety +780

    But then... he started feeling _sluggish_

  • @assghoul
    @assghoul Před rokem +70

    I'm probably lucky I've never gotten this. I used to pick up slugs and snails all the time as a kid and then not wash my hands after. Never ate one though, that's just gross.

  • @grodeejodee9815
    @grodeejodee9815 Před 2 lety +158

    I used to live in Okinawa, actually the same air base as Bliss Scott (Kadena Air Base). I used to pick up the African Land snails we had around our house. But when I lived there I was also obsessed with a show called Monsters Inside Me on Animal Planet and they covered a case of rat lung worm. I started picking the snails up by the shell instead and always washed my hands really well after playing outside because of it. I wouldn't let my little brother or sister touch them either.

    • @SandwichDoggy
      @SandwichDoggy Před rokem +20

      Ah yes Monsters Inside Me. There were the episodes with legitimately scary parasites and infections and then there was the one where a kid accidentally squashed a beach snail into his knee wound

    • @haruuri5464
      @haruuri5464 Před rokem +2

      i used to watch monsters inside me as a kid and i would have nightmares lol

    • @pauls5745
      @pauls5745 Před rokem +2

      I'm not drinking tap water or going swimming in any foreign country after watching Monsters inside of me. that show was sooo creepy

    • @juanblanco7898
      @juanblanco7898 Před rokem +1

      ​@@user-gs4tn9pe6mAren't those the the ones that are really popular as a pet?

    • @juanblanco7898
      @juanblanco7898 Před rokem

      @@user-gs4tn9pe6m Wow, that's somewhat unexpected. And I can only imagine how often these snails are smuggled out of Africa to be sold without any medical checks and such. It's not worth it for sure. But there's just so many people who are straight up reckless in how they handle animals without any regard for zoonotic diseases... It's always been baffling to me.

  • @matthewconnermr.gensin5417
    @matthewconnermr.gensin5417 Před 2 lety +344

    I live on the Big Island of Hawaii, and I remember the case mentioned in this video. Most cases I have heard of personally could have been avoided if people had been educated on the dangers. I'll be sharing this video with as many local people as I can. Thank you Brew.

    • @marcosdheleno
      @marcosdheleno Před rokem +15

      i dont think you need to be educated on how you shouldnt eat random invertebrates in australia. i thought it was called common sense. what's next? do people need to be educated on why they shouldnt jump from the top of a skyscraper? or why they shouldnt swim in rivers infested with crocodiles as well?

    • @nocturnaldev8607
      @nocturnaldev8607 Před rokem +2

      @@marcosdheleno 💀

    • @twindrill2852
      @twindrill2852 Před rokem +2

      Interesting! I wonder if little Kane will remember this situation as he grows older (and if the resulting developmental issues will have an impact on his future)

    • @MidwesternWoman
      @MidwesternWoman Před rokem +4

      @@marcosdheleno Tell us you didn't watch the part of the video where this has happened in Hawaii without telling us you didn't watch the part of the video where this has happened in Hawaii.

  • @RickChannel01
    @RickChannel01 Před 2 lety +528

    I can't believe people would eat a slug for 10bucks, I'm repulsed by them can't even touch it, be near or look at it, I'm from Brazil and yeah, those snails are a problem here, my grandma's house had a bunch of them in her yard, it was always unpleasant seeing one as a kid there

    • @lombardo141
      @lombardo141 Před 2 lety +26

      Nothing good happens when a bet combined with alcohol is involved. 😅

    • @melody3741
      @melody3741 Před 2 lety +16

      I'm the opposite but also couldn't eat them. I think they are precious and adorable. So I would feel too bad.

    • @theblade1235
      @theblade1235 Před 2 lety +4

      @God Does Not Exist What? But... they have eyestalks?

    • @TyeArtisik
      @TyeArtisik Před 2 lety +1

      Ikr🤢

    •  Před 2 lety

      Even in Europe, it‘s known they carry disease. I also don‘t touch them, although the things they carry here usually can be treated by antibiotics.

  • @batchampa
    @batchampa Před 2 lety +435

    Raw fish can carry other parasites. However the ones that they do carry can be neutralised by freezing it, so even though it's not cooked, fish sold as sashimi is frozen before being served

    • @elizabethpate9486
      @elizabethpate9486 Před 2 lety +79

      Sashimi and sushi are not normally frozen if you're eating at a traditional or high-end restaurant. However, chain restaurants do use frozen seafood. So for once, you're actually better off dinning on a budget, at least this is the case if you want seafood.

    • @Zenithxblack
      @Zenithxblack Před 2 lety +9

      Nagchampa, you smell fantastic. All sushi that isn't vegetarian scares me.

    • @jojomaster7675
      @jojomaster7675 Před 2 lety +29

      @@Zenithxblack If you're really that worried, you can make sushi with smoked salmon as well, which is completely safe to eat raw.

    • @omarb7164
      @omarb7164 Před 2 lety +59

      @@elizabethpate9486 no matter where you’re eating, the fish comes from commercial fishing boats, who use flash freezing on fresh catches either onboard or at harbour. Fish is packed with parasites, even “sashimi grade”, and flash freezing doesn’t impact quality.

    • @oxygenanimations
      @oxygenanimations Před 2 lety

      If you do eat raw fish, be careful for parasites like anisakis.

  • @cenetta9193
    @cenetta9193 Před rokem +33

    bro eating a slug for 10 dollars is wild i wont even do it for 1000

  • @joshuaW5621
    @joshuaW5621 Před 11 měsíci +23

    As someone who gets uncomfortable around slugs, I think this is the story that has truly broken me.

  • @xDEADLOCKEDx2468
    @xDEADLOCKEDx2468 Před 2 lety +60

    Moral of the story, never give in to peer pressure.

  • @Adrastia
    @Adrastia Před 2 lety +332

    Don't eat random critters on dares. I used to handle slugs as a kid. Not eat them. But pick them up. I advise you not to. They are cold, sticky and very strong. They can be hard to get off. Also the parasite thing.

    • @crowdemon_archives
      @crowdemon_archives Před 2 lety +19

      Handling them very briefly is fine, but best have gloves on because lol, hand oils might be bad for them too. :S

    • @_Obey_
      @_Obey_ Před 2 lety +3

      I own pet snails but man, even I don't wanna handle slugs too much. I once spent about 30mins to get their slime off my hands. You can wash snails slime off very easily but slugs is more like contact cement.

    • @Ian-gx9mn
      @Ian-gx9mn Před 2 lety

      Bad info. No one cares what you did as a child.

    • @Markycarandbikestuff
      @Markycarandbikestuff Před 2 lety +5

      I have lots of snails around my garden and driveway here in Scotland, some are pretty big, feel sorry for the wee buggers and usually lift them to a safe place, always lift them by the shell though. Would never handle slugs though.

    • @donaldfuck
      @donaldfuck Před 2 lety +1

      I love snails they were for me like a dog lol i used to play with them a lot when I was a kid i give them lettuce etc they went on my hand no problem at all. But I don't like slugs

  • @KlaxontheImpailr
    @KlaxontheImpailr Před 2 lety +435

    If I had a nickel for every time someone was dared to eat a slug, I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s still weird that it happened twice.

    • @notconvid7220
      @notconvid7220 Před 2 lety +2

      @@kingsly3690 i just realized

    • @TakBonez
      @TakBonez Před 2 lety +41

      If I had a nickel for every time someone made a "two nickels" joke. I'd have about $20 which isn't a lot, but still wierd it happens often enough to make $20.

    • @MacTechG4
      @MacTechG4 Před 2 lety

      CURSE YOU Agent S! (Slug)
      I’d say he was “brain damaged” *before* he ate the slug… probably one too many blows to the head from rugby.

    • @mysmirandam.6618
      @mysmirandam.6618 Před 2 lety +1

      @@TakBonez I'd have 3 nickels

    • @MacTechG4
      @MacTechG4 Před 2 lety

      @@kingsly3690 yes, yes it is…

  • @aldyhabibie9717
    @aldyhabibie9717 Před 2 lety +11

    Disgust was also a defence mechanism of every living creature. So there is a good reason many people would rather believe in their disgust more than their "friends" i suppose. Maybe its something worth considering in the future.

  • @aayobruv
    @aayobruv Před 2 lety +22

    Dear lord, that case in Hawaii and the hospital refusing to look into it is terrifying.

  • @wolfrynn3132
    @wolfrynn3132 Před 2 lety +269

    As an Australian (9 years old when this happened), I definitely remember hearing about Sam and his mistake serving as a cautionary tale. His story and experience has always made me profoundly sad.

  • @CharliStar
    @CharliStar Před 2 lety +65

    Escargot are *not* eaten raw…. They’re cooked (normally with lots of butter & garlic) They are also not just any random snail found sliming around…. They go through special detox/purification process before they’re to be cooked & eaten….

    • @rickc2102
      @rickc2102 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah, gotta get that digestive tract clean.

    • @LightWolfAMVS
      @LightWolfAMVS Před 2 lety +6

      Are they not specifically breeded?

    • @CharliStar
      @CharliStar Před 2 lety +1

      @@LightWolfAMVS they are now yes… but people don’t realise that either… they think a normal garden slug/snail is the same….

  • @uprightape100
    @uprightape100 Před 2 lety +208

    "Lay off the raw Aussie slugs".
    -A wise man

  • @kj-pn8ll
    @kj-pn8ll Před rokem +30

    Wait, so they both lost exactly 100 lbs while in a coma? that's weird..
    I'd recommend anyone who hasn't already seen pictures of Sam Ballard to see what it did to him physically (aside from the obvious) he looked like a totally different person in the end, even completely unrecognisable in the face. It would have been awful for his family to watch him waste away like that, watching someone they knew and loved turn into someone completely unrecognisable

  • @fruitygemini
    @fruitygemini Před 2 lety +7

    Excellent!
    Kid lives in Australia where everything is known to be a threat to your well-being and decides to eat a slug…. Good job! Natural selection at its finest!

  • @deathbot3602
    @deathbot3602 Před 2 lety +91

    People really got to stop doing these idiotic dares.

  • @WYATTWHATWHY
    @WYATTWHATWHY Před 2 lety +186

    i have trouble hearing and understanding peoples words, so most videos on you tube are very difficult for me to understand but the voice actor for brew speaks really clearly and slow enough for me to understand, so i really appreciate this channel and its content (of which i really like because im always curious about things) :)
    aswell as the subtitles, the fact you guys consistently write them in is always really appreciated too.

    • @bruciekibbutz2947
      @bruciekibbutz2947 Před 2 lety +4

      you can slow videos down and also turn on automatic closed captions

    • @dshe8637
      @dshe8637 Před 2 lety +11

      Your username is ironic in your situation

    • @jazeenharal6013
      @jazeenharal6013 Před 2 lety +2

      Is it a hearing issue or a brain issue, if you don't mind me asking

    • @WYATTWHATWHY
      @WYATTWHATWHY Před 2 lety +4

      @@jazeenharal6013 its a brain one

    • @jazeenharal6013
      @jazeenharal6013 Před 2 lety +4

      @@WYATTWHATWHY gah, that sucks. Is it something you've always dealt with or something that was caused by a trauma?

  • @Shabanezloth
    @Shabanezloth Před 2 lety +339

    So you live in Australia and you think it's a good idea to eat a random creature carwling on the ground? In Australia? Really?

    • @JZJ7777
      @JZJ7777 Před 2 lety +29

      It doesn’t matter where he was, eating a slug would still be dangerous.

    • @gigajet3390
      @gigajet3390 Před 2 lety +52

      @@JZJ7777 Especially in Australia

    • @Versuffe
      @Versuffe Před 2 lety +2

      We Aussies have no fear

    •  Před 2 lety +1

      @@gigajet3390 in Europe, it wouldn‘t be a rat worm but rather a pig or fox worm

    • @cashewnuttel9054
      @cashewnuttel9054 Před 2 lety +4

      @@Versuffe Yeah... and it cost him his life.

  • @ericrenaud1733
    @ericrenaud1733 Před rokem +11

    He didn't wake up a month later. He woke up 420 days later

    • @MinhAIPet
      @MinhAIPet Před 3 měsíci +1

      Lol. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ket5818
      @ket5818 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Two different cases

  • @ascensionindustries9631
    @ascensionindustries9631 Před 2 lety +15

    I knew a guy that one day picked up a red mushroom and asked "Hey, you dare me to eat it?" "Yea," a friend said. "I wouldn't do that," I told him. But he ate it and within a few hours he was throwing up blood. He lived and unfortunately went on to have children.

    • @twindrill2852
      @twindrill2852 Před rokem +2

      Unfortunately? As if he didn’t learn his lesson.

    • @misakimei3102
      @misakimei3102 Před rokem

      Even if he did learn, people like that are generally insufferable kinda people that mostly use their two brain cells to take decisions

  • @silveryohko
    @silveryohko Před 2 lety +110

    I'm French and never heard of RAW snails, we cook our escargots with loooooooooooooots and lots of butter, garlic and parsley

    • @galaxymew5138
      @galaxymew5138 Před 2 lety

      What does it taste like? I've always wondered about it but I'm kinda squeamish when it comes to strange food...

    • @hoathanatos6179
      @hoathanatos6179 Před 2 lety +2

      @@galaxymew5138 Snails are very meaty tasting with a slightly rubbery texture and basically take on the flavours of whatever it's cooked in. Most cook it in garlic butter, but mushroom sauces are common as well.

    • @galaxymew5138
      @galaxymew5138 Před 2 lety

      @@hoathanatos6179
      🤤 Sounds good!

    • @sionnachmacbradaigh1010
      @sionnachmacbradaigh1010 Před 2 lety

      I believe the French also starve the snails for a while to clear toxins from their guts.

    • @freddyspaghetti1912
      @freddyspaghetti1912 Před 2 lety +2

      Y'all french ppl love butter just like us, spanish love oil

  • @TJtheHuman
    @TJtheHuman Před 2 lety +131

    I looked up all the slugs in my area to find out if any are edible, and I learned that a few are not considered edible. I don't know if they are considered poisonous, but I would discourage such a dare knowing about these parasites.

    • @zombies.in.space.
      @zombies.in.space. Před 2 lety +6

      not really poisonous, more like infected, although i’m sure there’s a better way to put it 🧑‍🍳
      apparently its just really dangerous to eat snails and slugs raw off the ground, so personally this isn’t something i have to be worried about 😭 to me this is really just a reminder to myself that i will not be eating uncooked food probably, it just is scary to me low key

    • @kittencutie7074
      @kittencutie7074 Před rokem +2

      It doesn't matter if it's edible or not, you should NOT eat anything raw off thr ground without any cleaning / preparation. You never know where the snail has been or what it's contaminated with

    • @kittencutie7074
      @kittencutie7074 Před rokem +1

      @@zombies.in.space. that's the rulr of thumb but if you go to a reputable sashimi restaurant and they can explain to you where they source their raw stuff, and how they clean / prepare it to make it safe then it's safe

    • @user-cw3wm9lx7w
      @user-cw3wm9lx7w Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@kittencutie7074 fish in the US isn’t actually raw. They irradiate or flash freeze it.

    • @malinia.20
      @malinia.20 Před 9 dny

      ​@@kittencutie7074 It's USUALLY safe. But not always. I'm immunocompromised and I was told not to ever eat sushi, sashimi, or any other type of raw meat/fish because of that.

  • @evangeline77x
    @evangeline77x Před 2 lety +14

    Rat lung worm is terrifying, I don't even live in a place where it exists, but the thought of a parasite entering my blood stream, burrowing into my brain, laying eggs in my esophagus and coughing the worms up only to swallow them and start the process allover again, is deeply upsetting. Especially since pets can pick it from the garden and transfer it accidentally, or it can be transmitted from improperly washed veggies.. It's pretty horrible stuff.

  • @true4439
    @true4439 Před rokem +19

    They took out his appendix for nothing =,(

  • @mlongpre100
    @mlongpre100 Před 2 lety +8

    people like this make me feel much better about myself

  • @DKCGamerGirl
    @DKCGamerGirl Před 2 lety +116

    Friends: "I dare you to eat this random slug."
    Guy: "Sure, why not!? It's just like eating a snail!"
    Me: "Really? Uncooked slug off the ground is NOT like escargot..."
    Oy... I understand he was young and all, but who does that not expecting terrible results... He was at least old enough to have common sense regarding eating random things off the ground.
    On a side note, I'm having a really bad week and seeing a new Brew video helped cheer me up a bit! Thank you Brew!

    • @lombardo141
      @lombardo141 Před 2 lety +13

      Nothing good happens when a bet combined with alcohol is involved. 😅

    • @EnciodesSilverash
      @EnciodesSilverash Před 2 lety +9

      My man... They do realize the snails in escargot are from strict farms that monitor those snails 24/7... Right?

    • @TyeArtisik
      @TyeArtisik Před 2 lety +6

      Common sense isn't so common

    • @DKCGamerGirl
      @DKCGamerGirl Před 2 lety +2

      @@TyeArtisik lol, yes that is very true

  • @Nilboggen
    @Nilboggen Před 2 lety +60

    It should also be mentioned that it is extremely rare to have a rat lung worm cause an infection of the brain and cause meningo-encephalitis. Majority of people who ingest the parasite completely recover with no treatment or symptoms.

    • @WarPigstheHun
      @WarPigstheHun Před rokem +3

      That snail was chock-full of babies then

  • @secretpanda64
    @secretpanda64 Před 2 lety +18

    I had viral meningitis when I was 7 and the drs didn’t believe my mom when she was insistent that something bad was wrong with me. She had to take me to the hospital twice and the 2nd time she was told if they hadn’t caught it within 8hrs I would have probably died.

  • @nyfan9215
    @nyfan9215 Před 2 lety +3

    Pork can also cause trichomoniasis.
    Eat clean meats people, don't eat scavenger animals, don't deal raw or rare shifts.
    Don't let ur dogs or cats lick your face/mouth.
    And yes wash ur hands.

  • @saipavand4064
    @saipavand4064 Před 2 lety +7

    Dude , your editing style and naration are superb, you just earned a new subscriber

  • @nickprice8907
    @nickprice8907 Před 2 lety +83

    Can we please get a moment of silence for those innocent little slugs who were just minding their own business? :(

  • @raresnaftan3977
    @raresnaftan3977 Před 2 lety +45

    Note to self, dont eat freaking slugs and snails off the ground

  • @porkchopsboi
    @porkchopsboi Před 2 lety +36

    Here in Hawaii, there is widespread cases of rat lung worm disease because of unwashed vegetables and produce

  • @rocknepoovey4381
    @rocknepoovey4381 Před rokem +2

    Of all people on earth, children are probably most curious and they are curious as to the numbing affects of a slugs or snails slime on the tongue. It's clearly lead to horrible consequence. Thank you for informing those unaware. A school teacher in 2017 in Hawaii on vacation got RLW - encephalitis - heartbreaking.

  • @meowmeow89012
    @meowmeow89012 Před 2 lety +13

    Ever since I was little I was warned by my family never to eat and touch a snail or slug (without washing your hands) because of what happens, and they never left any details out. On the news sometimes you hear of people being dared to eat a snail or slug (from the wild) and end up dead or sick for the rest of there lives and it is not pretty if you eat one here in Australia (I don’t know about other countries and what happens but I know for a fact I would never eat one or touch one without washing my hands immediately after)

  • @temi6034
    @temi6034 Před 2 lety +397

    Brew, thank you for being consistent with content for years

  • @dorinha_e_eu
    @dorinha_e_eu Před 2 lety +67

    I'm brazilian and i saw a lot of those prague called Giant african snail in my city - it's a terrific type of snail because it easily destroys gardens in addition to transmitting diseases. Now I think it's under control in my city and in many Brazilian cities.

    • @dorinha_e_eu
      @dorinha_e_eu Před 2 lety +7

      Yes. But it's not so common to find like some years. I think the population of Giant african snail are under control.

    • @DOORHANDLE207
      @DOORHANDLE207 Před rokem +2

      when i was in school we had 3 class pets they were all giant african snailes they were cool to look at but we werent alowd to touch them

    • @leonel91
      @leonel91 Před rokem

      As lesmas normais já me dão agonia, imagina essas gigantes, ainda bem q nunca vi onde moro

  • @Maraschino1783
    @Maraschino1783 Před 2 lety +6

    Honestly it's better to get picked on and get called a coward by your "friends" than to get hospitalized by a slug

  • @therandom-iw9fk
    @therandom-iw9fk Před rokem +4

    what a legend relearns his whole life from 0 and beats his final year

  • @sjankarcher
    @sjankarcher Před 9 měsíci +3

    I kept gagging watching this. Good job, animations were just too good.

  • @lasiusniger1094
    @lasiusniger1094 Před 2 lety +52

    why would you eat raw alive snail found on the ground…..

  • @bluegirlgraphics
    @bluegirlgraphics Před 2 lety +47

    I remember learning about a type of parasite that's similar to this. It basically starts off in a snail, then when the snail is eaten by a cow, that is the next part of the cycle before it is pooped out of the cow and then eaten by another snail. Once it gets to that last stage if a person eats the snail w/o proper prep, they get whatever the parasite was. Initially we only had pics in the book to see it by. After I graduated, I saw a discovery show where they showed it live and the parasite is bigger than the actual snail. I kept wondering how the snail didn't POP from this much larger worm being inside of it. And I had just graduated HS and had cooked snails at a local place so I was freaking out a bit even though I knew I hadn't eaten anything bad. LOL

  • @JdeeGeekyGao
    @JdeeGeekyGao Před 2 lety +35

    I remember the aussie cases of this as it was covered on the news here in NZ. I felt for the families at the time.

  • @chilanle4147
    @chilanle4147 Před 16 dny +3

    How can someone eat a slug without a care like that 😢

  • @SincerelyTracie
    @SincerelyTracie Před rokem +7

    This video was really well done. I love it. I am a visual learner so this was great. I wish I had the skill and research skills to do vids like this. Great job 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

  • @GZxuanChannel-nx9vi
    @GZxuanChannel-nx9vi Před 2 lety +28

    I Felt So Awful for Those Victims Who Already Passed-Away from Harmless-Dare and Exposure from The Parasite

    • @spider0804
      @spider0804 Před 2 lety +14

      Why Are Each First Letter Of Each Word Capitalized?

    • @Cakemine7
      @Cakemine7 Před 2 lety +1

      @@spider0804 probably autocapitalization my phone does that sometimes

    • @kittencutie7074
      @kittencutie7074 Před rokem

      You mean harmful

    • @kurtslavain
      @kurtslavain Před rokem

      Or worse than death: those who got permanently paralyzed and/or brain-damaged.

  • @priyananthpremakanthan9655
    @priyananthpremakanthan9655 Před 2 lety +15

    0:01 in australia you drive on the left

  • @vendettarules1
    @vendettarules1 Před 2 lety +17

    I'm really glad your animator started adding noses to the story characters. It was unsettling before lol

  • @ionutbadea7915
    @ionutbadea7915 Před měsícem +1

    Looking back at my childhood. It's a miracle I m still alive.

    • @malinia.20
      @malinia.20 Před 9 dny

      I... Did you eat slugs and snails?!

  • @Izzy.256
    @Izzy.256 Před rokem +2

    Brew *Talking about the death of a boy*
    Intro: *Casually plays jazzy music*

  • @Sen-ki-
    @Sen-ki- Před 2 lety +155

    You know it's a good day when Brew uploads

  • @NirrumTheMad
    @NirrumTheMad Před 2 lety +78

    "delicacy" translates to "poor person food", and usually "mostly butter"

    • @spider0804
      @spider0804 Před 2 lety +24

      It really does lol.
      Some rich tourist tried local food and imports it and it becomes a delicacy because it is rare in the new locale.

    • @Penitten
      @Penitten Před 2 lety +18

      There's a Sicilian cheese, that contains maggots...people have Pizza, Steaks and Cakes and all they rather eat is insects...

    • @tomewifecollector9608
      @tomewifecollector9608 Před 2 lety +12

      Spam is a delicacy in Korea. It started during the Korean War when American soilders brought spam over to starving Korean families. You're not wrong haha

    • @darklight6921
      @darklight6921 Před 2 lety +1

      lobster...

    • @NirrumTheMad
      @NirrumTheMad Před 2 lety +14

      @@darklight6921 Lobster was originally viewed as a poor person's food and is served usually with copious amounts of butter

  • @axolotlfeverdream
    @axolotlfeverdream Před 2 lety +44

    This is kinda terrifying because at a camp I was just at, a kid on another trip ate a slug on a dare. Nothing (that I know of) has gone wrong for him, 2 weeks later, so I think he's fine.

    • @nillyk5671
      @nillyk5671 Před 2 lety +12

      Yikes, let's hope so. You better tell him or his parents so that they know in advance. One to three weeks for symptoms to show.

    • @forestlink6673
      @forestlink6673 Před 2 lety +17

      Should let him see this video so that all fun and jokes be limited

    • @bruhistantv9806
      @bruhistantv9806 Před rokem

      Most cases of infection don't even have symptoms so he should be fine

    • @googane7755
      @googane7755 Před rokem +1

      He got extremely lucky that slug wasn't infected

  • @ScottAT
    @ScottAT Před 2 lety +2

    Omg snails have prions. Can’t even let them come into contact with an open cut!

  • @br0ken1992
    @br0ken1992 Před 29 dny +2

    so glad im too repulsed by these types of creatures to ever eat slugs 😭

  • @OlyChickenGuy
    @OlyChickenGuy Před 2 lety +52

    I'm always up for an episode on zoonotic infections! Good presentation and animation, as usual. :3

  • @PC_Simo
    @PC_Simo Před 2 lety +25

    I can’t fathom, how those entrepreneurs thought something like slugs/snails would be well-received in Brazil; given that, I assume (since it didn’t take off), there was zero evidence in its favour; like: ”Hey, let’s take something that most people in the Western world wouldn’t touch with a 10-foot-pole, and offer it as food. Surely, it will take off, and be a multi-billion-real-business. Hurr! Durr!” 🤯🙄.

    • @MrAgmoore
      @MrAgmoore Před 2 lety +1

      I dunno Peru eats weirder things: guinea pigs and expensive as f.

    • @PC_Simo
      @PC_Simo Před 2 lety +1

      @@MrAgmoore So, maybe they thought Brazil would be like Peru? But still, how does one come to such a conclusion, with *ZERO* evidence *FOR* it? 🤔

    • @kurtslavain
      @kurtslavain Před rokem

      French is part of the western world and most of Western Europe eats snails, so I don't see how "most of the western world" doesn't touch it. Stop regarding most of the western world as the USA.

  • @iwanttobescared9889
    @iwanttobescared9889 Před 2 lety +62

    Brew do not tell people to eat as much fishes as they want. Although that sounds good in this context too much fish can lead to heavy metal poisoning overtime. I would not be surprised if you have already slightly covered this topic before.

    • @Notanothercrayon
      @Notanothercrayon Před 2 lety +21

      If I could afford to eat enough fish to get metal poisoning I'd be riiiiiich boi. Just discount pork and chicken on my budget, lol

    • @sophierobinson2738
      @sophierobinson2738 Před 2 lety +4

      Fish once a week is okay.

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 Před 2 lety +8

      mmm, mercury

    • @EnciodesSilverash
      @EnciodesSilverash Před 2 lety +4

      Yeah... That's why I avoid eating large fish like tuna, and usually go for smaller fish like sardines and salmon

    • @Notanothercrayon
      @Notanothercrayon Před 2 lety +2

      @Legend of the Blue Macerator fr, we need nuclear power to be mainstream yesterday

  • @OneRedKraken
    @OneRedKraken Před rokem +5

    I guess people in Australia get used to living in a place where there's deadly things all around you. Of all the places to pull off a dare like that it was surely one of the worst. Maybe the rain forest would top it.

  • @nak2Edits
    @nak2Edits Před rokem +2

    bro really ate a slug and then went into a coma

  • @NealCamerlengo
    @NealCamerlengo Před 2 lety +128

    Thank you Monsters Inside Me for featuring Rat Lung Worm. Also that is why I don't trust doctors because they think they know so much that they brush off the patient and their family members. Sure there are people who do overreact but that should mean that everyone suffers. Again, Monsters Inside Me shows how doctors can be utter useless (as in the ones who don't care at all and just goes oh it's probably a cold or whatever.)

    • @jasthebaker
      @jasthebaker Před 2 lety +11

      That show was good but gross me out so much and makes me scared to walk around bare foot outside as there is a parasite in my area that lives in the ground

    • @rickc2102
      @rickc2102 Před 2 lety

      All experts are only human.

    • @memewlol
      @memewlol Před 2 lety +7

      there's also that kind of doctor.. last year i have stone kidney that cause a severe pain that the first doctor i come to says that was a stomach problem...

    • @gSWG3R
      @gSWG3R Před 2 lety +10

      Stop shitting on an entire profession because of a show you watched. Do you know how unbelievably rare these conditions are?

    • @wanded
      @wanded Před 2 lety

      @@gSWG3R meh, still shills for big pharma

  • @zogar8526
    @zogar8526 Před 2 lety +14

    Especially in Australia you don't go eating anything random. That is just asking for trouble.

  • @AutarchKade
    @AutarchKade Před 2 lety +13

    "No one gets sick from that" says mother who completely failed her son

  • @smithasundaram9696
    @smithasundaram9696 Před 2 lety +3

    "Sam woke up after 420 days"
    N O I C E

  • @clarkeeeee
    @clarkeeeee Před rokem +2

    You know, I get the feeling that his mother probably hadn't eaten enough slugs to give him good advice.

  • @Paraselene_Tao
    @Paraselene_Tao Před 2 lety +21

    Bro-tip of the day: don't eat random slugs. lol. Like this needs to be said? At the very least, cook them if you must eat them. 😅

  • @caekeid6527
    @caekeid6527 Před 2 lety +36

    It’s spinach isn’t it I always knew it couldn’t be trusted

    • @miloradowicz
      @miloradowicz Před 2 lety +11

      The next time a vegan tries to preach me the benefits of their lifestyle, they are getting a knuckle sandwich.

    • @JZJ7777
      @JZJ7777 Před 2 lety +4

      Spinach doesn’t always taste that great but it’s good for the body.

  • @xdOreoMilk
    @xdOreoMilk Před 2 lety +26

    Personally I wouldn’t let that happen to me

  • @twindrill2852
    @twindrill2852 Před rokem +3

    I wonder how Kane Tauanu’u is doing now. His developmental issues don’t seem that severe, so hopefully he won’t receive much harassment as he grows up.

  • @AwesomeHyperSonic547
    @AwesomeHyperSonic547 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Oh my gosh, I remember my mom telling me this story and it’s shocking. It’s such a scary cautionary tale. 😰😰 Rest in Peace Sam.

  • @Night_Rose_94
    @Night_Rose_94 Před 2 lety +22

    I heard a story like this years ago, very interesting. I also ate a snail from my backyard. I was a small child playing in the backyard. Suddenly my mother heard a crunchy noise from my direction. She hurried to me and saw me eating a snail with shell and all. I don't know if i swallowed or not but that's the story. I'm almost 30 now and i guess i'm lucky to not have anything like the story in the video.

  • @NRG56
    @NRG56 Před 2 lety +4

    How do you even work out a 1/17000000 chance of survival

  • @Jade_230
    @Jade_230 Před 2 lety +12

    my dude just woke up one day and decided to eat a snail on a dare.

  • @SF-fb6lv
    @SF-fb6lv Před rokem +2

    I accidentally ate a raw snail once. It was at night, no lights, and I was walking around in my back yard. I was near my grape vines which were 4 feet off the ground growing on a metal mesh attached to the fence. I ate a few grapes, and suddenly, I felt in my mouth, the sensation that I had bitten into a small glass lightbulb. Pretty sure it was a snail.

  • @DogmaBeoulve
    @DogmaBeoulve Před 2 lety +1

    Darwin always comes out swinging when he's handing out awards.

  • @roryasrorri701
    @roryasrorri701 Před 2 lety +10

    here in indonesia, it is common for people to collect buckets of the small version of african giant snail, cook them in hot water, and then stir fry them with a bunch of spices. not a fan. tried it once and that's all. never knew they could carry such parasite though. good vid! subbed!

    • @LabArlyn
      @LabArlyn Před 2 lety +4

      I don't eat snail, because that's disgusting.
      Rasanya jijik gitu, apalagi pas masih mentah.

    • @megea792
      @megea792 Před 2 lety +1

      Maksudnya bekicot?

    • @LabArlyn
      @LabArlyn Před 2 lety +1

      @@megea792 ya, entah bekicot atau keong sawah aku gak suka.

    • @megea792
      @megea792 Před 2 lety +3

      @@LabArlyn awkwk disini mah banyak yg makan
      Mungkin karena proses memasaknya matang dan bersih jd blm pernah denger juga masuk berita keracunan makan bekicot

    • @artsyhyd
      @artsyhyd Před 2 lety

      They have similar dish in Vietnam and Thailand too, I think all Asian countries have snails in their menu.

  • @protec5955
    @protec5955 Před 2 lety +17

    Woke up for a sesh 420 days later. What an absolute legend

  • @milessaxton
    @milessaxton Před 2 lety +9

    This really gives a second meaning to the whole “an immortal snail is chasing you” trend

  • @justintimbertim8589
    @justintimbertim8589 Před 2 lety +1

    Always remember, there's a difference between courage and stupidity.