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The Brain-Eating Amoeba
🕑 Added 2023-03-24 11:15:00 +0000 UTCFor as long as I can remember I’ve been told that it’s a bad idea to put your head under the water in a hot tub. I’d always wondered why… and it turns out this is one of the reasons. Even if a hot tub is infected with Naegleria fowleri, the only way it can do you harm is if it gets into your nose, and putting your head under the water is a good way to get water in your nose.
I say that’s one of´the reasons, because this isn’t the only micro-organism that can thrive in warm water. I’ll probably be making at least one or two more shorts about the deadly little critters that can thrive in a poorly-maintained hot tub.
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Fascinating Horror
What a terrible way to die - to survive the fall, only to die from an infection
Milo OJ
this is my nightmare. around 15 years a go there was a young Thai superstar named Big D2B who fell into a dirty canal and die because of something similar to this amoeba. still horrified me till these days.
Fascinating Horror
Many thanks. Have added it to the list!
Another one for you, fine sir. https://mx-schroeder.medium.com/harmful-crossing-the-1962-harmelen-netherlands-train-collision-1d4db1ac6e7d
