The Most Gruesome Parasites - Neglected Tropical Diseases - NTDs

There are a group of parasites extremely disgusting and mean. Humanity declared war on them.
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[@someoneunimportant4544]

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell hello, new comment!

[@vipergang102]

Wow

[@matthewk.4289]

why are you on such an old video LOL

[@oreodogbeast4322]

only 59 upvotes? *hMmmmm*

[@humid_pepperoni3190]

Anyone else notice that at 1:03 when foot came down "Great Duck" changed to "Eat Duck"

[@LazerLord10]

For something that sounds so widespread and terrible, I'm surprised I've never heard the term 'NTD' before.

[@malgorzataleonarcik1707]

LazerLord10 same

[@bendu49100]

That's because it only happens in shitholes I guess.

[@freshcleenex3714]

*Not first world problems.

[@TheBetabot]

The hint is in the name. NTD stands for neglected tropical diseases.

[@mr.universe7049]

That's because it is almost eradicated.You don't hear anything about Ebola, do you?

[@archie3547]

The three stages of a kurzgesagt video: 1. Curiosity 2. Terror 3. Calm

[@GhostHyperhex]

Don't forget existential crisis lol

[@avap0n459]

@@GhostHyperhex 😂

[@tank5393]

4.Birds

[@tinle9]

@@tank5393 5. Bird genocide

[@kildaver]

Not necessarily in this order.

[@ryanlamb2442]

Wow 2020 sounds like it's gonna be a great year

[@buhwhatidk]

it really does

[@oddgorl23]

Maybe it's our punishment for trying to eradicate a parasite

[@estherschomann4819]

Hmm Well sure it was

[@mitth_raw_nuruodo]

2020 is over though

[@Mariko2022]

Yea right

[@lukeaitken564]

"If u r disappointed about the lack of disturbing facts in this video, here is a playlist about the end of everything"

[@Sorter_123]

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@Nova-tl4yc]

XD

[@Mgl1206]

I love that they’re aware of it 😂

[@anhuman7022]

Daily dose of the crisis

[@mysteriousm1]

2:44 Jesus Christ I have never felt so relieved in my entire life

[@LordMichaelRahl]

Accurate af.

[@Kazyu]

Yeah... very much so...

[@mothethemothe4948]

DaDopeMasta yeah XD

[@dibuk123]

You could be one of those 22, you'll know in a year.

[@crunke]

OH GOD STOP NOW

[@5thanimated243]

Never drinking water again

[@aikslf]

Water in most urban areas (cities and highly populated areas) is filtered and decontaminated in big facilities before they are distributed to buildings and houses. That's why we pay money for water.

[@5thanimated243]

It shows a guy in a normal house with what looks to be just a neighbourhood outdide, so I predicted the worm would be in mosts areas

[@MaxiiBoii23]

5th Animated It's just an example... the fluoride in our water kills parasites, although I'm not saying it's safe for us.

[@oscarsmith-jones4108]

I think this is a joke, but if it isn't then you have 3 days....so I hope your alive. Water is unfortunately the reason things have juice, so orange juice has water, coke has water, your biological food has water. So your only choice is drugs......good luck!

[@5thanimated243]

If I'm able to comment this than I think my water's safe

[@thecattocouncil.8796]

Anyone here after that one video calling them propaganda Edit: guys feel free to stop responding to this I really don’t care anymore. If it’s been disproved alright if not I don’t really care. Spare my notifications

[@redstream1237]

Me! Still waiting for his response to that video

[@h_k_hellion7268]

yep, came to rewatch the video, get my own opinion. it does make sense for to be a PR stunt from the Gates foundation, they do have a huge stake in big pharma, bit sad they used such a beloved channel for their propaganda tho.

[@wfisher4034]

yep, honestly didnt believe it at first but the videos right here

[@ryamsosohbajjaikoasknd]

yes

[@gaskinforeman303]

Yeah a lot of people. They're all kinda suckers though who fell for propaganda "warning" them of different propaganda. This video does paint pharamsuitical companies as good guys, but the video is painted to frame the diseases as the bad guys, the pharmaceutical industry are the good guys in comparison.

[@richpryor9650]

I always knew that Pharmaceutical companies had my best interests at heart!

[@devsutong]

😅

[@alponselrik]

they got your heart in their hand.

[@Justywustington]

This is sarcastic right? It’s been proven that this video is practically propaganda for big pharma

[@mientusmien7594]

kurzgesag propaganda moment

[@JoeJohnson-mk4qd]

This was sponsored by one of the biggest investors in pharmaceutical companies, this video isn't what you think it is.

[@darklaughter59]

NTD’s: “look at how scary we are we are going to infect you and shorten your life span” Humans: “We are going to literally erase you from this dimension, the end is near mortal”

[@alexandercanella4479]

Are we going to make them two dimensional?

[@omnipotencebeyondlogic1786]

@@alexandercanella4479 And then erase them from all of existence forever

[@Bananappleboy]

*_Deus Ex Machina._*

[@samribeiro6148]

Looks like you're going to the shadow realm, Jimbo.

[@mcAnthony1000]

Humans: We are the dominant specie Earth: You are parasites

[@bigz4349]

This is something I was genuinely unaware of. Thank you, I'll be sure to share it around!

[@Supershadow301]

same.

[@numbah12time]

kappa

[@lefterismagkoutas4430]

Big Z ikr

[@END7TV]

Big Z if you want to learn more about NTDs and the fight to eliminate them, check out our channel for more cool videos. We're the only grassroots campaign to end the most common NTDs by 2020!

[@seventheaven]

Kurzgesagt lookin' kinda sus

[@dragonsaige]

Lmao billionaire funded channel

[@vicentediaztrepat2585]

Man I used to really enjoy these vids, now I can’t resist being skeptical about them.

[@h_k_hellion7268]

haha, guess they do now

[@adhip0574]

Yea, i guess no one is safe

[@yion9483]

among us

[@urradaragaydar7520]

5:23 ah, of course big pharma is the hero of this story

[@John-Doe896]

Bill and Melinda Gates foundation have huge investments in this big pharma.

[@cicianamumu]

bro u just came here from the other video to harass them, sit downnnnn parrot 🙁

[@helloneighbour2408]

@@cicianamumu bootlicker. sit down and gobble up lies.

[@kahnnguyen7903]

They're not angels but you cannot deny that life in the modern day is much better thanks to their capability to mass-produce medicines.

[@doomguyjustnotthecoolone2931]

@@kahnnguyen7903 Big pharma don't make medicine, researchers and scientists do. All these companies do is sell them at extortionate prices to turn a profit.

[@shuliu4804]

World: kill them all by 2020 2020: (comes) Everyone: *GOOD.*

[@amywang3890]

THIS IS 2019

[@pissapocalypse]

@@amywang3890 Ni🌶️🌶️a what

[@coconutegg5095]

@@pissapocalypse he chose 2019 2

[@maplerosez]

@@amywang3890 I want 2019 back I wasnt ready for dis 😭

[@Foxyboi1]

2020!!!

[@thetntsheep4075]

Jul 2020 progress report: there are currently 54 known cases of dracunculiasis.

[@shaunakn5881]

good bro

[@RHNaranjo]

They got their revenge with mommy corona

[@shaunakn5881]

@@RHNaranjo ya boi

[@ebjikgamer2843]

We win these

[@northernlights9533]

@@RHNaranjo dont worry she'll die too

[@tnynfox1669]

The "blinding Bulgarian soldiers" story was actually written decades after Basil's death. Many historians actually doubt this, the logistic impossibility of feeding and defending so many blind in the desert for weeks home.

[@misteryA555]

Yeah, I assume many would have died from infection before making it home anyway

[@gerginborisov]

What desert? The battle was near Petrich.

[@claus1516]

Check your sources

[@coconutsmarties7916]

ngl that makes me feel a bit better

[@nonameno8065]

phew. thank you.

[@ayushthosar6005]

Kurzgesagt: We are looking to eliminate all NTD's by 2020 NTD's: Quick! They're on us! Launch the countermeasure! Covid-19: It's my time to shine

[@sahilsharma4406]

Doctor: "Okay, here comes your report. It looks like you're carrying a very rare pathogen" Patient: "What is the name of this rare pathogen doctor?" Doctor: "You can name it, if you want"

[@prakharmishra3000]

:)

[@wlll1235]

Oh, dark humor, I love it.

[@brettnelson2176]

COVID-19

[@noobi9768]

I wanna name it Microtransactions

[@artemisclips1344]

@@noobi9768 Ah yes, Microbius Transactius. A plague infecting the entire online community.

[@andersonle68]

2:08 Me: Sees a tiny cyst/pimple on leg Well, I'm done for

[@unknownerror169]

lol, same here. the doctor said im good tho

[@mureithikivuti]

IKR. There is literally no shortage of horrible ways to suffer

[@mushienushie1819]

Same nearly had a heart attack

[@brandongreenland9632]

(Sees wart on leg) What did Ellen do at the end of Alien 3 again? Oh right. *-(Jumps into a volcano)-*

[@888merry]

Your Homer Simpson icon is PERFECT in that respect 🙂

[@salamanderx08]

“We’ll try to eliminate these by 2020.” Coronavirus: I like your plan except for one thing, it sucks.

[@LHCb42]

Maybe it's because this is among Kurzgesagt's earlier content, but this video is pretty embarrassing. To suggest that pharmaceutical companies donated drugs to eradicate these diseases "with no other motivation than to help" humanity is absolutely ludicrous. Such acts whitewash their reputation while having a minimal impact on their bottom line so that content creators can make videos like this lauding them when sponsored to do so by corporate-friendly charities, such that we might overlook all the harm they do.

[@Charles-xu7pu]

My thoughts exactly. NTDs are still one of humanity's biggest problems. This video makes it seem like big pharma came and saved the day and solved NTDs when in in reality, the donations barely made a dent in the number of infections. They're called neglected tropical diseases specifically because big pharma tends not to give a shit about them. It's great that some kind effort is being made but it's a battle that is far from won.

[@drautin348]

Maybe the fact that kurtz is making big farma out to be the heroes in this scenario has something to do with the channels numerous corporate sponsors, but then again, what do I know?

[@helloneighbour2408]

was funded by bill snd melinda gates foundation, of course they whitewashed that shit. propaganda

[@damianmandras8283]

Bruh DRUGS ARE THE MEDICINE YOU USE THERE STILL PLANTS

[@gaskinforeman303]

I see you also watched the kurzgetsat propaganda video and fell for it hook line and sinker.

[@torneko6652]

I've never been so happy a video ended happily. Here I thought one day I'd pull a 3 foot long worm out of my leg.

[@noa_1104]

Torneko me too. about the first thing you said...

[@Ookler]

thats literally the 3. most fucked up thing I've seen...

[@lerzidmarino5868]

Guinea worm is the common name And thanks to one man it's almost wiped out

[@ShrimpyRoll]

2:04 wow that man sat there for a whole year, now thats dedication

[@liomessi07]

Underrated comment

[@Bruh-dp7tj]

Manaquin challenge king

[@canbeanything98]

His beard grew

[@Blue-pk4ny]

that's what I do during lockdown tho

[@ayup3907]

Lol

[@hdufort]

There are many horrific tropical diseases that we almost never hear about. For example Chagas Disease, a parasite which is transmitted by the Kissing Bug (not joking!). The parasite will slowly eat away at your heart, esophagus and intestines, and will occasionally cause inflammation of the brain. Charming.

[@_Goodbye]

Imagine having an ntd and then waiting for your medicine and then seeing a huge truck coming your way driven by a *duck*

[@saturn_Il]

4:55 "stay at home" ..kurzgesagt what do you know that we dont

[@bri5033]

Time-travellers

[@sthego3970]

_HMMMM_

[@saurabhponkshe]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm **big**

[@JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff.]

Well. Whaddya know.

[@daniellagos8584]

@@saurabhponkshe This comment is like a phone on vibration mode

[@whiny_rascal6898]

Draconcalicis: *screws with someone’s leg* Humans: «if they want war, we’ll give ‘em war.»

[@Bro-sv2tb]

CoD flashbacks

[@tsukasa9838]

Dracun culisis

[@whiny_rascal6898]

Woops.

[@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange]

Falk Fluge RIP in kill, Forge

[@sposp]

They're also known as guinea worms. Now that's much easier to spell and say.

[@Wormaster]

"The largest drug donation the world has ever seen"

[@Mark-D751]

"The Heisenberg grant"

[@bleakpancake7475]

Free drugs

[@HAXED236]

*SNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF*

[@l.k.2123]

@@HAXED236 That's a massive line

[@adam.o8183]

So, what your saying is, it technically wasn't free? Lol

[@seizes4936]

The Hated One

[@Ivan19271]

Is a dumbass

[@HORRIOR1]

One thing I love about humanity, is that even though we aren't toughest, strongest, fastest or most adaptive creatures in the world, we do have one thing. The power of causing things to go extinct :)

[@polar4836]

that was almost kinda nice

[@markzingerburger3088]

We are not the smartest either

[@HORRIOR1]

Mark ZingerBurger If speaking of all the living creatures we have proven to exist, who is the smartest?

[@jmfirelord]

HORRIOR Err umm uhh well it justifies on what kinda smart it is Is it smart on adapting on different environments smart on migration ir species control or the making of lesbian porn

[@lsswappedcessna]

Yay, the legworm is finally dead! That thing can rot in hell with all the other not-an-earthworm-not-a-snake long things (Including tapeworms.).

[@WillBilliam]

“If any of your friends are feeling down, share this video with them” Video starts by talking about 15,000 people being blinded (all of them were blinded, just some of them only in one eye)

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

Just 14,850 people were blinded! Do you always exaggerate in your life? ;)

[@RandomZex]

@@TeutonicEmperor1198 ;(

[@whoknows1447]

@@TeutonicEmperor1198 as if that's any better....

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

@@whoknows1447 well for those 150 Bulgarian guys that thing was way better

[@lolz_man4763]

lul

[@Wa_rGod]

"we were going to take them out by 2020" covid-19: Lmao yeah

[@MoreLikeNoObamasLastName]

Bro talked about pharmacy companies for 10 seconds and then the entire video was referred to as 'propoganda' like wtf

[@realityveil6151]

That last sentence was great. "If you're a morbid little cuss, click here!" bahahah

[@ragnkja]

Yeah, the ending made me laugh too.

[@edisonton5833]

Nillie

[@ynnad7778]

The last sentence in the description though...

[@ynnad7778]

And btw, where did he say that sentence?

[@realityveil6151]

Paraphrasing for comedic effect.

[@etherraichu]

One day, all of humanity got together and said "No." This is the result.

[@GamexTRon]

I just wish people werent selfish

[@exnihiloadnihilum5094]

@@GamexTRon Kind of hard wired into humans for having spent most of their specie's existence with scarce resources. If you weren't selfish in regards to you or your tribe, others took your resources and you went without, possibly dying.

[@GamexTRon]

@@exnihiloadnihilum5094 yeah thats because the others being selfish now, my point exatcly

[@GamexTRon]

earth is too crowded right now in my opinion lmao

[@exnihiloadnihilum5094]

@@GamexTRon because for most of human history "sharing" meant you both starved. If you were not selfish you died. So the selfless perished. I'm saying that we are the way we are because of the environment we were in for most of our specie's development. Selfishness is what brought us to where we are for good or ill.

[@KumanoMTG]

The animation in this video is just staggering! Nice educational video and a wonderful piece of art at the same time ;)

[@tahsintanveer1808]

The video was amazing! Keep up the good work

[@nuradiva_ir]

literally checking my legs to make sure i dont have those little shits

[@Krobotkin]

Ikr?

[@AMadar-kj5hb]

I was like that when he stated the number 3.5 million, but after he said 22 I was like. OH! So my legs are itchy because of the Placebo Effect, and not the actual thing! *THANK GOD!!!*

[@finnsaucellasdnaem8257]

Nuradiva Iqbal I think the "literally" is a bit redundant...

[@ryanmasad977]

*nocebo ;)

[@avocares]

You can only get it from drinking unfiltered river water in areas where it breeds.

[@beenbeen130]

Why was I never told about this

[@h2o848]

#neglected

[@neilvillanueva6449]

George West m

[@ParadoxAAA]

cause we dread on the species accident made extinct BUT WHEN WE GET SO CLOSE TO MAKING A SPECIES EXTINCT THAT WOULD BETTER US TO HAVE THEM ERRATICATED NO THAT DIDNT HAPPEN ONLY WAR, MURDER, RAPE AND ALL THAT SHIT

[@Supershadow301]

Because "Peace is boring, violence goes viral".

[@dominikbeitat4450]

Good news make bad headlines.

[@nordicdreki2068]

it's great to see that you all are bringing us this positive news. Sometimes we're so bogged down with negative information that we start to think it's all there is. But there is still quite a bit of good things happening out there. Sadly, like you said, it's just not as popular to talk about the good stuff.

[@mauntak404]

This aged like milk

[@ovencore2549]

this aged like fish

[@mrscalloper]

yeah…

[@JoeJohnson-mk4qd]

Hate to break the news to you but.....

[@AnEnderNon]

3:09 giant foot stomps on a pile of boards O_O

[@Zsnakeoo]

*sees a new Kurzgesagt* *prepares to be even more paranoiac*

[@SleeveBlade]

>be disappointed

[@johnkhazix9130]

paranoid*

[@johnkhazix9130]

Its a greek word and it's παρανοϊκός if u want to be exact

[@axolotl804]

Can you imagine the feeling of relief after the worm is pulled out of your leg

[@aniimo7332]

Rosie Reinke I know right I kinda want one because of it

[@theabsoluteradiance2376]

No because I was born at the time their where only 200.6k cases.

[@rezng3417]

@@aniimo7332 You sure?

[@Olivia-wg8gv]

No because it said you have to pull it out over a period of several weeks which sounds excruciating and horrifying 😂

[@thanhvinhnguyento7069]

@@Olivia-wg8gv but it would feel extremely satisfying 😳

[@elijah4666]

they should probably remake this video with more reliable facts

[@billcipherproductions1789]

The facts afre relaible.

[@Ivan19271]

Kurzgesagt said something that i disagree with. So it means that they are a neoliberal group controlled by the goverment.

[@walterw_editz]

@@billcipherproductions1789 no they aren’t they are funded by bill gates

[@billcipherproductions1789]

@@walterw_editz So? They praised Big Pharma because it actually worked and is working. Big. Pharma is the reason why vivid is slowly ending as well. Yes, big Pharma doesn’t always work , but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t praise them when it works and just criticize them when it doesn’t .

[@walterw_editz]

@@billcipherproductions1789 the thing is big pharma hasn’t fixed the issue and this data is wrong. There’s a reason why they’re called neglected tropical diseases. They only fixed some dieseases because of public scrutiny

[@glitch3387]

2:35 O thank god...u scared me there a little. I mean imagine having a little worm coming out of your leg...that sounds teriffying

[@ratedzeuslxxvii1211]

Look, a Kurzgesagt video that doesn't cause an existential crisis. *watches till end*

[@underscoredfrisk]

Kurzgesagt Team: This video is not disturbing enough.

[@generationm2059]

To be fair it does cause an existential crisis, just not to humanity...

[@marynunez2328]

Doctor: well, you got an extremly rare infection on your right leg. me: how rare? Doctor: you can make a name for it.

[@xananymous431]

Mary Nicole you’ve contracted stds

[@BahadurSingh-ip9rd]

*Timmy realised it was bad news*

[@lastyhopper2792]

I'll name it "badmonday"

[@motiejausvaliunoanimacijos3408]

*dies and makes death sounds* ok the name for it will he oof

[@Name-nw9uj]

Oh boy you've contracted the plauge inc disease that kills everyone and you're the one who gives it a wacky name! Try "My mom"

[@kotyissocool]

>big pharma companies “donated” this medicine! Impressive. Very nice. Let’s see what they got in return

[@rolfstalker2986]

Wow, this video was surprisingly uplifting

[@aurinkoii]

"We were hoping to eliminate all of them by 2021" Covid: "and I took that personally"

[@helloianimate]

:o *oh*

[@snowiechy6887]

They just come back stronger

[@AttemptedPretzelMaker]

Lol

[@brandtyee6257]

Well COVID isn’t an ntd so

[@_charademon_]

Еmpire strikes back

[@Lugmillord]

Thank you. Thank you very much for this video. 2016 has been an aweful year. A death in my family, I got an uncurable disease that'll affect my whole life and I started to be ashamed for being a human. If I had to describe the current status of mankind with three words, it would be hate, greed and ignorance. Really, I can only think of one really uplifting moment this year. And that was your video about CRISPR. It really had such a big impact on me. And this video right here is also a small dose of optimism that I desperately need. So thank you, Kurzgesagt Team.

[@PJB1995]

Lugmillord I want to upvote this comment more so I hope replying to it makes it more visible to others, I'm sorry to hear that 2016 has been an even shittier year for you than most, but please never be ashamed to be human. There ARE too many hateful, greedy, and ignorant people everywhere these days, but it that means if nothing else when good people do appear they shine above the crowd. I really hope things improve for you if they can.

[@Singularity2039]

TRUMP 2016!

[@AsquareM]

Lugmillord Man😨 I thought I was having a bad year. Mate, don't be ashamed of being a human. Humans can do great stuff together.

[@dlysele]

Go travel if you are able. Do as many stuff that you have been thinking you want to do. Just, live a life and take things as they come. Good things or bad things come for all of us eventually, might as well take things into your own hands and make things happy for you.

[@Lugmillord]

***** Travel isn't really an option right now. Both no time and difficulties with walking for a longer time. But I have some other things I can put time into. Still, that doesn't change the fact that I'm really disappointed in mankind right now.

[@colossaldonut5190]

It's great to hear that all it takes for a massive industry to get moving is something absolutely terrifying.

[@thesilentgod7863]

Or more like decades of pressure… Big pharma never actually “stepped in” as this vid says. Nope, they were pressured for decades

[@GreenHavoc]

I loved that you pulled us in with horror and ended on hope :D

[@YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah]

“By 2020” Mission failed, they hired a distraction.

[@chickyproductions4347]

Are you garnet

[@SilverBirb]

No

[@loify8381]

Corna virus

[@SilverBirb]

@@Ak-dp1ik not fair

[@marinettegranger3169]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-

[@Frieedrich]

Faith for Humanity= Restored

[@LeOssiTrollterrible]

Tomiun Leif ive never ever seen that comment before i think i love you

[@Supershadow301]

Yep, it's currently being under renovations for me, but it's going well.

[@plasmodius9449]

lol

[@FriendlyCobblestone]

We're still being too lax about global warming and all of us will die because of the greed of powerful people. Next time you get all happy about the faith of humanity just think of the idiocracy that makes up the whole world. Except Antartica but I heard housing there is expensive as fuck.

[@AJ213Probably]

Ah... have you gotten to politics yet?

[@Dian_Borisov_SW]

0:26 After seeing his whole army blinded, the bulgarian ruler of the time, tsar Samuel, died of a heart attack

[@seanvanderaa7978]

This made me feel so good about humanity and then realized so many people could solve so many of our problems by doing better things with their money.

[@JoeJohnson-mk4qd]

Hate to tell you this, but this video doesn't tell you anything close to what actually happened. Sadly, no, the pharmaceutical companies were not the ones to stop these diseases by giving out free drugs. This video was sponsored by one of the world's largest pharmaceutical investors, so it was "tweaked" a little bit to make them happy.

[@vivaanreddy8771]

There is a video by the youtuber called 'the hated one', that debunks this video and many other videos of kurgesagt, proves that they are propaganda

[@soleorchid]

All this happened and i had no idea -_- anyone else?

[@jasontoddman7265]

Me neither. American media is definitely falling down on the job!

[@soleorchid]

ikr

[@imraanwadiwala]

Which is ironic considering one of your presidents helped to eradicate one of these diseases.

[@ahkeelyu]

Media produces whatever content gets the most views, it's not shown because people don't want to see it.

[@paytonholmes6019]

Sole Orchid same

[@cumdumpster5644]

Me: binge watching videos with a headache Video: if you have a headache yoi might have a brainworm Me: guess ill die then

[@aca792.]

Hahaha same

[@clodcat5550]

No you just have cancer, don’t worry!

[@ipotatosenpai7002]

Wait WTF I have a head ache

[@mpradeepnair]

@@ipotatosenpai7002 Everyone has a headache

[@ipotatosenpai7002]

@@mpradeepnair oh shet

[@aryan3229]

0:56 Chicken version Kurzgesagt: What are these monsters straight out of an alien world, seeking to eat us, steal our eggs and wreck our lives.

[@Amy-ix7ij]

I looooooove your channel, thank u for amusing info♥️

[@l1ghtd3m0n3]

“Let’s eradicate these by 2020” Coronavirus: “I’m gonna stop you right there”

[@weebinfantinvr5129]

nah I feel like thats worse than covid

[@kugaththeplaguefather6332]

if covid was left alone like parasites more than a million would've died. but since we we're all set and we studied corona types back then only a million died. without study we would've been hopeless.

[@NiqIce]

Every disease is bad wouldn’t you agree?

[@donsocool6360]

@@user-bk9sc9mq9b but covid is one of NTD

[@sebastiann3960]

corona is a virus ,not even a bacteria ,saying its a parisite is just ridiculos

[@jptcw2635]

00.001 percent of parasites that survived: **does Dance Moves**

[@fadingo2175]

@CringeGuy 87 dangit i was gonna say that

[@voiddeck2179]

CRUSINEEEEEEEEEE E

[@Neko-san]

Royale Winner

[@moonlightgaming3067]

lol the 0.0000001 parasites that became covid STARS INFECTING THE WORLD

[@AquaticPhoenix]

This channel uses common sense and pure facts to scare the living daylights out of us. I love it and so do you, don't you?!

[@albaniangeorgebush121]

No, I don't love how they are donated money by bill gates to create propaganda and make big pharma look like the heroes.

[@mrscalloper]

not anymore

[@InuYashaBandicoot]

I wonder if there is an update now, December 2021, what has happened since 2016? How is it now? Did covid19 make it harder or easier? I hope the channel sees this and answers, and thank you for your videos!

[@helena_lang]

Kurzgesagt: 2:03 Me: **glares suspiciously at the glass of water next to me**

[@Orion-sd1zz]

AaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAaaaAAa

[@fredrictigga3260]

Bruhhhhh 😂

[@drabberfrog]

In 10 months you have to pull a meter long worm out of your leg.

[@dripalien4529]

@@drabberfrog stop it I hate you stop !

[@drabberfrog]

@@dripalien4529 the doctor pulls out the worm centemeter by centimeter and you see it wriggling. Search dracunculus on image search if you dare.

[@CyberSaurian]

Faith in humanity has been restored by 15%.

[@seko0629]

0% of dangerous diseases have been destroyed

[@FFzOmega]

Actually we erradicated one disease, it's called variola, search it up

[@seko0629]

@@FFzOmega im so stupid I literally wanna stab myself

[@jo_nm9484]

@@youngtoad1716 that disease is like the flu, we pretty much can't cure it :c

[@sdb_official7078]

Restoration 100 🤣🤣

[@aswinp5249]

Excellent and informative

[@Ani-yt4nf]

really good video to listen to during this time

[@theCodyReeder]

Huh, it seems I got unsubscribed, Ive been a subscriber to this channel for years; whats up KZbin?!

[@thecommandmaster4354]

yo hey cody funny seeing you here lmao

[@The-Okami-Project]

Cody'sLab funny seeing you here, shoulda known you watched them.

[@TehMaack]

Cody'sLab Heyo!

[@beans9793]

Cody'sLab I love your vids=D

[@GKMcWhite]

I have nearly a hundred subscriptions... Now I feel the need to to check if anything is missing. :/

[@Jules24122]

I love how when the ntd stomps great duck says “eat duck” XD

[@Sparble]

XD

[@madd1flint220]

Lol

[@maxmori8616]

Also "un film". Wow, didn't know!

[@literallyme8571]

CREAT E

[@lolz_man4763]

XD

[@meikim00]

thank you for a fun video

[@Maijuwu]

You gotta address the billionares sponsoring you.

[@jemilalvarez4103]

A meter long worm in your leg. UUUUHHGGHHHHH!!!!!!! That is surely the most f'ed disease I've heard.

[@JackSmallacombe]

There is another one that's pretty much the same deal, but it starts in your stomach and pushes its way out there, sometimes it gets stuck and you have to pull it out dead. I can't recall what its called though.

[@juos11]

Is there by any chance the taenia (tapeworm) you mean?

[@JackSmallacombe]

That would be it, I did forget to mention about the intestines as well as the stomach.

[@hardik373]

Doodly Do really? Google Filariasis.

[@404User-Not-Found]

How about a parasite that swims in your eyeball?

[@conehead2795]

" _What are these monsters straight out of a horror movie, seeking to reek havoc on our species?_ " *Happy intro starts playing*

[@ragavanbalaji7257]

and creature duck turns into eat duck

[@wilbertzhu6218]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Paul_Sergeyev]

Can you make a video about most expensive campaigns (like this one) in history of humanity? By the way this video is another evidence of the great act of heroism medics and humanitarian workers do every day.

[@MilesFoxGD]

¡Me encanta tus vídeos! :D ¡I love your videos! :D

[@tjahjobagaaa]

Me: AAH WE'RE ALL GONNA DIEE!! Kurzgesagt: In 2015 there have only been 22 cases Me: Oh

[@ronaldcruz435]

no we're not!

[@tjahjobagaaa]

Ronald Cruz Yay!

[@shaunstone7400]

I really enjoy your videos Kurzgesagt & the crew behind the scenes! I am deaf sadly but I am very grateful there are sub-titles here! Usually, my sister helps me when videos do not have sub-titles. She would write down the whole video for me on paper, no matter how long it is and then I would try to read and watch the video to feel like I am some-what apart of this community. Anyways my friends, I look forward to more of your work in the future as I really love to learn! You'll probably never see this comment but at least I know I left it for you. Take care and thank you..

[@ThePixlizer]

Bless your sister man! And I'm happy that you are a part of this community too.

[@evioli7089]

Shaun stone very inspiring!

[@vizthex]

Soon we'll be able to cure deafness for good.

[@siddharthchoudhary4278]

@Shaun stone. Amazing bro! Science and humanity FTW!

[@evioli7089]

Winx Club if it's only partial maybe he can get hearing aids... but it doesn't sound like it from reading the comment :/

[@tartaglia.]

I somehow read the title as NFT and was expecting something completely different. Pleasantly surprised.

[@tarinvernon7007]

Shoudnt have watched this before bed. My Anxiety went to 200%. Oh god, oh my.

[@simoncarlile5190]

That ending inspired me to try creating a news site that only shares uplifting news. A lot of it will probably be science-related news, but there's nothing wrong with that.

[@Oddman1980]

I'd set that website as my homepage.

[@alexl1178]

Yes please. I avoid reading news reports on tv like the plague.

[@JamesDizon]

I know a site like that. Well sort of: www.upworthy.com/about

[@FalbertForester]

Science Daily is pretty uplifting, for the most part, I find. www.sciencedaily.com/

[@simoncarlile5190]

Falbert Forester Yeah Science Daily is a good one.

[@TheGreatYukon]

I absolutely love that, in order to get views on this, you gave it a disturbing and dark headline, while having a point at the end about how positive stories don't get attention while bad ones do. I don't know if that was on purpose, but I appreciate it nonetheless.

[@barrylyndon5552]

Hah that is an excellent point never thought about it like that

[@IlIlIlIllIlIllI]

I just think their info is what brings people back. They're known for pretty good videos. It's more than just a title.

[@seliynasaycrets8273]

TheGreatYukon like in the kdrama Pinocchio "would rather hear that you won concert tickets or that you have cancer" The positive spin on the video was uplifting.

[@sassagrass7095]

I noticed this, and loved it even more!

[@helloneighbour2408]

Yeah I too love propaganda

[@snapslingpeavine1371]

Are these the type of diseases that would be featured in the Animal Planet show, "Monsters Inside Me?"

[@kunsh]

Oh thank God these are almost gone. Thanks to all the people who worked on getting rid of them

[@ladybird6764]

1K parasites disliked the video because they don't know what 'Harm' means.

[@EuroNewsOppositionexit00]

i am parasite and offended

[@Poog1337]

I'm offended and find this parasite

[@orkhepaj]

must 1k stupid migrants they cant even learn our language

[@messengxr9638]

Wtf men

[@Alistocrat]

Jesus christ I swear everything is promised to happen "by 2020", when that year actually comes, so many people will be disappointed. Let's be honest.

[@jarumboy1]

Sprango I'm graduating in 2020, I'm happy enough when that happens haha

[@sincostanlogin]

Assuming you graduate?

[@mkal1532]

Sprango 4 years seems so far away when we're promised so many things.

[@Will-ig3yj]

Sprango im graduating in 2021

[@chinochimp]

Sprango but we all know something that will happen, kanye for president 2020

[@intermission1710]

Thank you for alerting the world and keeping us all safe.

[@RedPandaWarrior]

her NTDs are found in several countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. NTDs are especially common in tropical areas where people do not have access to clean water or safe ways to dispose of human waste.

[@maschaorsomething]

Oh for fucks sake, I'm eating right now, WHY

[@GauravKumar-bf2rq]

ikr

[@Cloud_Stratus]

Did you even read the title, you had it coming.

[@jmiquelmb]

Were you eating spaghetti or noodles?

[@tiavor]

that is harmless, try watching a video about gutter oil.

[@Bishop38f8]

And you expected a video named "The Most Gruesome Parasites" to be appetizing, am I right?

[@davidlewis6728]

this significantly raises my faith in humanity, i still have none.

[@erwindee7384]

Keep it that way.

[@YaminRahman]

You probably thought that this video will raise your faith in humanity until you remember those 12 year olds from those cringey musically vids.

[@potatopower5253]

+Yamin Rahman God damnit why did you have to remind us.

[@fossilfighters101]

+

[@gabriellisi7349]

now all we need to do is elliminte racism, sexism, the battle between atheism and religion, convince idiotic republicans that global warming exists, eradicate poaching, cure cancer, put tape over trump's mouth, get rid of musical.ly, turn dictatorships into liberal republics, destroy anarchy, fix he concepts of socialism and capatalism, make mean people nicer, stop youtube from being stupid, recognize transnistria, lacostia, tibet, catalonia, and basque as lejitimate nations, stop long line fishing, change people thoughts on sharks and collect h3 from the moon to create fusion energy for the whole planet to share. easy

[@johnnyhall4335]

2:24 OH, DEAR LORD!!!!

[@LuisSuarez-nh3mg]

I LOVE HOW TGE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO STARTS

[@kaziislam2785]

"If your disappointed of the lack of disturbing facts in this video, here's a playlist...about how the world will end."

[@AsquareM]

Kazi Islam Classic Kurtzgesagt

[@henlo5257]

Kazi Islam kurzgesagt sometimes dark sometimes memes get you a man who can do both

[@aksmith2001]

I searched and searched until I found someone who commented this

[@MeistJr]

Before I watch the video... This won't give me an existential crisis will it?

[@MeistJr]

Nah I'm good LMAO

[@stefan-ls7yd]

MeistJr the opposite

[@CodeWithSen]

HA!

[@Runetrantor]

As always, it does, but it gives you rays of hope.

[@DakuHonoo]

it might

[@SenerS10]

Nice but a very short video. I wanted to see more NTDs mentioned.

[@matthewedwards4816]

Do a video going in depth on types of these and where they are

[@Mi2Lethal]

OH GOD!?! Why did I google 'Dracunculiasis'?

[@MrAntieMatter]

Looks okay to me... I recommend everyone look it up. :)

[@Kris.G]

I did, thank you. That completes my lunch as I did not have a dessert.

[@Supershadow301]

Not working for me, man. I've seen worse shiet.

[@MrAntieMatter]

Скут Скутовский I did and I've got to say, I've seen worse.

[@Kevin-um1nq]

Mi2Lethal immona do it. Right now. For the scares.

[@NexeL_NKC]

Kurzgesagt: Humanity plans to wipe out NTDs by 2020 2020: YOU'VE JUST ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD!!

[@YaYEET2580]

ya

[@creekchub9714]

Yes

[@aryanhs9123]

Kurzgesagt said most of them not all of them

[@keithwallace5277]

i have never been more proud of humanity.