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Worm that jumps from rats to slugs to human brains has invaded Southeast US (arstechnica.com)

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[–] bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

https://allthatsinteresting.com/sam-ballard

Bloody sad story there.

We have this in Aus. I teach my kids about it. I regret that their childhoods will not be complete without the long chapter of playing with slugs, but they'll just have to live with that.

It's a timely reminder that there are other very good reasons to wash your vegetables other than the feeble attempt to wash the glyphosate off them.

Other than that, don't eat slugs and you will be ok. Make sure your kids and teens understand that eating a slug could end their life. Don't eat slugs. Don't play with slugs. Slugs are gross.