Apparently there's some rare and crazy form of Meningitis going around in Hawaii caused by the delicious-sounding rat lung-worm parasite. In a clear display of the cycle of life (or something like that) snails and slugs munch on parasite-infested rat dung and then get cozy with our human vegetables, which we then eat. Two people in Hawaii are in comas as a result of the illness and one even has confirmed brain damage. Fear the snail. MORE
Friday, January 23, 2009
Ugh, That's Really Gross - Crazy Hawaiian Meningitis
Apparently there's some rare and crazy form of Meningitis going around in Hawaii caused by the delicious-sounding rat lung-worm parasite. In a clear display of the cycle of life (or something like that) snails and slugs munch on parasite-infested rat dung and then get cozy with our human vegetables, which we then eat. Two people in Hawaii are in comas as a result of the illness and one even has confirmed brain damage. Fear the snail. MORE
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Dude, that's totally gnarls. I'm only eating crackers (sans peanut butter) from here on out.
ReplyDeleteewwwz. Ooze?
ReplyDeleteIt's the "rat lung-worm" part that really disturbs me. How's that for a hyphenation: lung-worm. I'm no grammatical genius, but could someone else comment on that construction?
ReplyDeleteThe hyphen seems uncalled for. Rat lung worm.
ReplyDeleteLOL! True!
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