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Sydney teen rugby player who swallowed slug on a dare left paralysed
IBT Australia ^ | 03/08/2018 | Anne Lu

Posted on 03/08/2018 11:21:33 AM PST by outofsalt

The slug was carrying the rat lungworm, or the roundworm parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Although it is typically carried by rats, it can also infect slugs and snails that eat rat faeces. And people who eat infected snails or slugs that are undercooked can also be infected. When Ballard swallowed the slug, it led to a parasitic infection, causing a serious brain injury and subsequently leaving him paralysed from the neck down.

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1 posted on 03/08/2018 11:21:33 AM PST by outofsalt
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To: outofsalt

I guess Tide Pods are safer than gastropods but government healthcare sucks everywhere!


2 posted on 03/08/2018 11:22:33 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: outofsalt

Australia, where everything tries to kill you.


3 posted on 03/08/2018 11:25:21 AM PST by null and void (The difference between the democrats and the GOPe is the GOPe has a smaller fire under the frog pot.)
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To: outofsalt
slugs that are undercooked

Does anyone know what the proper level of doneness is? I'm asking for a friend.

4 posted on 03/08/2018 11:26:21 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (The government cannot protect you and isn't even trying. Self-defense is a right.)
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To: null and void

“Australia, where everything tries to kill you.”

Never want to go there.


5 posted on 03/08/2018 11:28:01 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE ("If guns cause crime, there must be something wrong with mine." -Ted Nugent)
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To: outofsalt

I didn’t know Australia had a Broward county!


6 posted on 03/08/2018 11:28:31 AM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Tell your friend to avoid snail tartare.


7 posted on 03/08/2018 11:28:44 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: rrrod

I wouldn’t be surprised if the humane society types were to become outraged at the kid.


8 posted on 03/08/2018 11:31:25 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: outofsalt

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.


9 posted on 03/08/2018 11:33:12 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: outofsalt

Self induced idiocy - not an accident.


10 posted on 03/08/2018 11:33:16 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: outofsalt

Sorry for the “victim,” but I see this as further evidence of the stupidity of young people, these days.


11 posted on 03/08/2018 11:34:19 AM PST by truth_seeker ( EQUAL A)
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To: outofsalt

I don’t know why
he swallowed the slug...

Poets have atnit...


12 posted on 03/08/2018 11:35:00 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Free Republic has been reduced to primarily a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
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To: outofsalt

At least he won the dare! That’s way more important than a healthy rest of your life.


13 posted on 03/08/2018 11:36:07 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I think the Betty Crocker Cookbook recommends a minimum internal temperature of 165° F...


14 posted on 03/08/2018 11:36:18 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The only way to know for sure is to employ a properly calibrated slugometer.


15 posted on 03/08/2018 11:38:13 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them.)
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To: outofsalt

Note to self:
Don’t swallow slugs.
Don’t swallow slugs that are undercooked.
Don’t swallow slugs that have been eating rat turds.
Don’t swallow slugs.


16 posted on 03/08/2018 11:38:25 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: outofsalt

Single payer don’t pay enough?


17 posted on 03/08/2018 11:38:43 AM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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I don't know why he swallowed the slug...

Maybe he's drugged.

18 posted on 03/08/2018 11:41:51 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (They said what's up is down, they said what isn't is, they put ideas in his head he thought were his)
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To: Getready
"That’s way more important than a healthy rest of your life."

A lot of people say fast food is unhealthy.

19 posted on 03/08/2018 11:43:16 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: outofsalt

Bogan escargot.


20 posted on 03/08/2018 11:44:14 AM PST by VietVet876
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