How 1 Bite Gave This Boy Instant Brain Damage

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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!
Sources:
[Sam Ballard - The Rugby Player who Ate a Slug for a Dare]
news.sky.com/story/australian...
www.washingtonpost.com/sports...
www.cnn.com/2018/11/05/health...
metro.co.uk/2018/11/05/rugby-...
[Rat Lungworm Disease]
www.corrys.com/resources/pest...
www.cdc.gov/parasites/angiost...
health.hawaii.gov/docd/diseas...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiost...
www.popsci.com/rat-lungworm-e...
www.nationalgeographic.com/sc...
[Liam McGuigan - The Young Man who was Comatose After Eating a Slug]
www.news.com.au/lifestyle/hea...
[Kane Tauanu’u - The Toddler who Ate a Slug]
www.ratlungworm.net/kane-tauan...
[Bliss Scott - Young Girl who Touched a Snail]
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/200...
[Diagnosis & Treatment]
health.hawaii.gov/docd/diseas...
www.cdc.gov/parasites/angiost...
www.cdc.gov/parasites/angiost...
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• Extravagant Way to Coo...
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[@Brew]

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[@darthgonk4398]

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[@khadijaadam2891]

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[@NOPENUHUHNOPENOPE]

Leah🍔

[@LodovykaAlves0]

2:35 why??? Man... No. Just not

[@khadijaadam2891]

@Don't read profile photo sure

[@jaredtrainor6860]

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

[@leviathan6071]

Brave Wilderness but for food

[@zeroburn315]

There is a fine line between bravery and foolishness.

[@wolfzmusic9706]

Any person who eats something like that is foolish

[@JZJ7777]

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

[@batchampa]

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

[@CoriKitsune]

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

[@kosherre6243]

@Don't read profile photo 🖕

[@watermelongaming3698]

@Don't read profile photo I read your name, you gonna do something about it?

[@watermelongaming3698]

But yeah, the guilt must have been extreme.

[@LathropLdST]

@Don't read profile photo $+upid troll..

[@elitecereal]

Yup. They must have felt super guilty.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

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]

Yo

[@T.GLongstaff]

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

[@someaddictedidiot2186]

We think it's disgusting for a reason.

[@nokiot9]

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

[@IRONRANGER837]

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

[@cscunha95]

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]

Fr, that was very unadult-like

[@Texas_ice]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I’m too through!!

[@q20000]

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

[@magnusm4]

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.

[@variance470]

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

[@marcoguenza2329]

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]

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

[@DaggerSecurity]

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

[@TheBronf]

@@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]

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

[@TheBronf]

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

[@bromisovalum8417]

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]

Yes! Glad someone mentioned that the dish was cooked!

[@LadyBern]

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]

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

[@clarie4497]

🤢

[@andreak1111]

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.

[@kaystephan2610]

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

[@psychedelicpunk5031]

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

[@Deathmonga]

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

[@3E29JaklynnWONG-yx2op]

@@psychedelicpunk5031yea

[@grodeejodee9815]

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.

[@junyew1813]

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]

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

[@pauls5745]

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]

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

[@juanblanco7898]

@@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.

[@raccoonmaybecooking474]

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

[@ForeverSweetx3]

Well it wasn't harmless

[@irandomtp]

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

[@maranatha8768]

Not so harmless is it ?

[@loeil666]

Natural Selection

[@kosherre6243]

@Don't read profile photo 🖕

[@Maljurok]

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]

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

[@Zenithxblack]

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

[@sirbedivere5670]

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

[@FalconWindblader]

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

[@Kayla4217]

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

[@simonphoenix3789]

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?

[@joshuaW5621]

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

[@peterjf7723]

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]

@@carolannemonteleone5276 maybe they're freshwater shrimps

[@carriebecker8383]

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

[@catatoblob8598]

@@carriebecker8383 novelty, probably. Why would anyone eat a garden slug?

[@peterjf7723]

@@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]

Ew

[@will_wtr]

But then... he started feeling _sluggish_

[@will_wtr]

(Some jokes are done in bad taste.)

[@deathbot3602]

smh that ain't it chief

[@TyeArtisik]

@@will_wtr 💯

[@jackietabackie2824]

@@will_wtr So was that slug

[@rm3141593]

LOL!

[@uglyguy3449]

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.

[@assghoul]

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.

[@LightingMouse]

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

[@luzzyluz67457]

Moral of the Story: DONT -EAT-

[@iamdanyc93]

Unless its in your house

[@LightingMouse]

@@luzzyluz67457 True moral of the Story: Don't Breathe

[@A_Liner]

3-seconds rule!

[@tatotaytoman5934]

kinda common sense honestly

[@pn4960]

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]

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

[@WonkOfWonkyness]

^^ What he said. ^^

[@AngelNearDestruction]

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]

@@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]

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

[@chitzzz1384]

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

[@misterlister-wm2tj]

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

[@saipavand4064]

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

[@umdasu]

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]

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

[@MelissaBezerra]

yeah you can catch tons of stuff walking barefoot, thankfully i only ever got bicho de pe

[@Zinky16]

The African snail is nice to eat tho

[@jasper8500]

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 👀

[@matthewconnermr.gensin5417]

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]

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]

@@marcosdheleno 💀

[@twindrill2852]

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)

[@JessicaStruzik414]

@@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.

[@SincerelyTracie]

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 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@aayobruv]

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

[@wolfrynn3132]

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.

[@ScriptsandGaming]

Ice 🍦

[@slugsarecool_really]

I could never eat a snail, even if cooked

[@milesdusty1607]

karma ngl

[@RickChannel01]

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]

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

[@melody3741]

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

[@theblade1235]

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

[@MelissaBezerra]

i have nothing against any animal but slugs in brazil contaminate a lot of water supplies with parasites that sometimes aren’t even native to our country so they’re kind of dangerous and you shouldn’t keep them around :(

[@TyeArtisik]

Ikr🤢

[@MrNooby-kj9ex]

I've always been thankful for still being alive at 5 I had 2 strokes and to today I still have to recover then my sleep studies shown I stop breathing multiple times when I sleep so now I must wear a C-pap machine so I know I should be thankful for not dying from my strokes or my sleep condition

[@aldyhabibie9717]

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.

[@deathbot3602]

People really got to stop doing these idiotic dares.

[@mmyehokayyy2]

Natural selection

[@OC-CPA]

It's a great way to deal with overpopulation.

[@xINVISIGOTHx]

@@mmyehokayyy2 natural selection is extinct in first world countries.

[@Adrastia]

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]

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

[@_Obey_]

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]

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

[@Markycarandbikestuff]

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]

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

[@fruitygemini]

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!

[@kj-pn8ll]

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

[@batchampa]

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]

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]

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

[@jojomaster7675]

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

[@omarb7164]

@@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]

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

[@uprightape100]

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

[@cenetta9193]

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

[@Yahshuaismyeverything]

Not even a million lol

[@justintimbertim8589]

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

[@xDEADLOCKEDx2468]

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

[@a.avcier8277]

So true

[@CharliStar]

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]

Yeah, gotta get that digestive tract clean.

[@LightWolfAMVS]

Are they not specifically breeded?

[@CharliStar]

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

[@mlongpre100]

people like this make me feel much better about myself

[@ascensionindustries9631]

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]

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

[@misakimei3102]

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

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

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]

@@kingsly3690 i just realized

[@TakBonez]

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]

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]

@@TakBonez I'd have 3 nickels

[@MacTechG4]

@@kingsly3690 yes, yes it is…

[@wyattmas1576]

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]

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

[@dshe8637]

Your username is ironic in your situation

[@jazeenharal6013]

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

[@wyattmas1576]

@@jazeenharal6013 its a brain one

[@jazeenharal6013]

@@wyattmas1576 gah, that sucks. Is it something you've always dealt with or something that was caused by a trauma?

[@sjankarcher]

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

[@meowmeow89012]

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)

[@silveryohko]

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

[@galaxymew5138]

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

[@hoathanatos6179]

@@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]

@@hoathanatos6179 🤤 Sounds good!

[@sionnachmacbradaigh1010]

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

[@freddyspaghetti1912]

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

[@TJtheHuman]

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.]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@majorphenom1]

Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾

[@AwesomeHyperSonic547]

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.

[@raresnaftan3977]

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

[@carriebecker8383]

Welp, there go my afternoon plans

[@Yahshuaismyeverything]

Lolll

[@Shabanezloth]

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]

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

[@gigajet3390]

@@JZJ7777 Especially in Australia

[@Versuffe]

We Aussies have no fear

[@MaxMuller0]

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

[@cashewnuttel9054]

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

[@rocknepoovey4381]

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.

[@gigabytegallery7305]

An inception of nightmares, waking up from a nightmare only to see another one

[@nickprice8907]

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

[@kittencutie7074]

It's just one

[@bugmachine777]

murderers

[@blackbuffalo62]

It was two

[@Nilboggen]

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.

[@warpigs9069]

That snail was chock-full of babies then

[@enestekin2]

Im addicted to you. I watch your videos back to back sometimes

[@therandom-iw9fk]

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

[@secretpanda64]

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.

[@porkchopsboi]

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

[@SHUPIRATE1991]

Wow these stories are heartbreaking

[@kittencutie7074]

Would love to hear what his friends think about this

[@evangeline77x]

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.

[@JdeeGeekyGao]

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.

[@JUAN_OLIVIER]

Those snails definitely got their revenge.

[@true4439]

They took out his appendix for nothing =,(

[@animegraveyard776]

Exactly.

[@vendettarules1]

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

[@dorinha_e_eu]

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]

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

[@DOORHANDLE207]

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]

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

[@Asthartisify]

Wrapped up beautifully.

[@lychezr]

found footage of the snail that knows where you are

[@temi6034]

Brew, thank you for being consistent with content for years

[@skyx4122]

Fr it’s impresive

[@Periwinkleaccount]

@@skyx4122 then again, it isn’t actually a small team.

[@frankwhite5307]

CA llllami 0:02 / 1:11 walk of lyfe

[@frankwhite5307]

ur a clown bro

[@DKCGamerGirl]

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]

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

[@EnciodesSilverash]

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

[@TyeArtisik]

Common sense isn't so common

[@DKCGamerGirl]

@@TyeArtisik lol, yes that is very true

[@tantumego3407]

Thank you for translating pounds to kg, always when the imperial measurements are used I have no clue how to interpret them xP

[@ericrenaud1733]

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

[@Florescence1783]

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

[@OlyChickenGuy]

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

[@joanmcwilliams7751]

Mother's intuition is usually right

[@hai.vii_]

Thank you for this complete information😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤

[@bluegirlgraphics]

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

[@janegerrard1073]

That's liver fluke, Fasciola Hepatica.

[@GZxuanChannel-nx9vi]

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

[@spider0804]

Why Are Each First Letter Of Each Word Capitalized?

[@Cakemine7]

@@spider0804 probably autocapitalization my phone does that sometimes

[@MelissaBezerra]

eating an animal alive is not harmless

[@kittencutie7074]

You mean harmful

[@kurtslavain]

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

[@ionaf9]

imagine how awful you'd feel as the one who thought of the dare

[@catee_idk]

Never listen to your friends even if they dare you to eat something that isn't a food.

[@Jade_230]

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

[@Yahshuaismyeverything]

😂

[@lasiusniger1094]

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

[@CognitoTanKhaiiHuitkh9917]

Same question

[@thedrunkenreprobate]

That's the power of a dare

[@hanburger7750]

@@thedrunkenreprobate True that

[@1Cirmag]

Only thing more powerful is the double dog dare

[@gigajet3390]

@@1Cirmag You cant deny a double dog dare

[@DogmaBeoulve]

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

[@junyew1813]

Famous last words: "No one gets sick/hurt from eating an Australian creature."

[@milessaxton]

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

[@Sen-ki-]

You know it's a good day when Brew uploads

[@jj12345og]

Not for the person in the video but I agree

[@leviathan6071]

Couldn’t be said any better

[@thisisme3238]

Agree 👍

[@_kirbmaster_6609]

Yup!

[@Bytewize]

HE CAN DRAW NOSES NOW! AMAZING! Lookin' good Brew!

[@yeboiepiktrix524]

"Death by snail is rare" Schistosomes:

[@skoopdewoop]

this is the favorite meal of people who shame workers for making a mistake

[@loeil666]

what

[@NirrumTheMad]

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

[@spider0804]

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]

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

[@tomewifecollector9608]

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]

lobster...

[@NirrumTheMad]

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

[@SF-fb6lv]

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.

[@barabbasrosebud9282]

OMG! So terrible, my heart goes out to his friends and family. The poor slug!

[@Useryuuihdaeg]

Lol your heart goes out to the slugs 🐌 family and friends 😂

[@gooby214]

Nature avenged the slug.

[@zogar8526]

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

[@crackertower5874]

'One night, a seventeen-year-old boy in Australia' is all I needed to hear

[@AshtonCharles-cg2vd]

imagine what the friends must feel...

[@Serial_Designation_A.]

This is why I’ll never give in to peer pressure.

[@AutarchKade]

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

[@xdOreoMilk]

Personally I wouldn’t let that happen to me

[@kcbm225]

Incredible that he just went normal for days..