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...
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    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]
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  • @Brew
    @Brew  Год назад +365

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  • @jaredtrainor6860
    @jaredtrainor6860 Год назад +10365

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

    • @leviathan6071
      @leviathan6071 Год назад +212

      Brave Wilderness but for food

    • @zeroburn315
      @zeroburn315 Год назад +518

      There is a fine line between bravery and foolishness.

    • @wolfzmusic9706
      @wolfzmusic9706 Год назад +209

      Any person who eats something like that is foolish

    • @JZJ7777
      @JZJ7777 Год назад +258

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

    • @batchampa
      @batchampa Год назад +74

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

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Год назад +2019

    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
      @johnrenwelmauro2387 Год назад +5

      Yo

    • @Balon-Breakspear
      @Balon-Breakspear Год назад

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

    • @someaddictedidiot2186
      @someaddictedidiot2186 Год назад +61

      We think it's disgusting for a reason.

    • @nokiot9
      @nokiot9 Год назад +7

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

    • @IRONRANGER837
      @IRONRANGER837 Год назад +8

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

  • @cscunha95
    @cscunha95 Год назад +781

    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
      @corundumkrabble5035 Год назад +44

      Fr, that was very unadult-like

    • @Texas_ice
      @Texas_ice Год назад +8

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I’m too through!!

    • @q20000
      @q20000 Год назад +2

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

    • @magnusm4
      @magnusm4 Год назад +22

      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
      @variance470 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @kaystephan2610
    @kaystephan2610 Год назад +94

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

    • @psychedelicpunk5031
      @psychedelicpunk5031 Год назад +18

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

    • @Deathmonga
      @Deathmonga 4 месяца назад +1

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

    • @3E29JaklynnWONG-yx2op
      @3E29JaklynnWONG-yx2op 4 месяца назад

      @@psychedelicpunk5031yea

    • @kaririina
      @kaririina Месяц назад +4

      @@psychedelicpunk5031 comforting and not doing anything? nice

    • @JoystickStereo
      @JoystickStereo 11 часов назад

      ​​​@@psychedelicpunk5031 Comfort and dismissal are 2 completely different things. Why did you even try to sugarcoat it?
      You're 100% trolling.

  • @CoriKitsune
    @CoriKitsune Год назад +7559

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

    • @kosherre6243
      @kosherre6243 Год назад

      @Don't read profile photo 🖕

    • @watermelongaming3698
      @watermelongaming3698 Год назад +636

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

    • @watermelongaming3698
      @watermelongaming3698 Год назад +701

      But yeah, the guilt must have been extreme.

    • @LathropLdST
      @LathropLdST Год назад

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

    • @elitecereal
      @elitecereal Год назад +185

      Yup. They must have felt super guilty.

  • @bromisovalum8417
    @bromisovalum8417 Год назад +3530

    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
      @Harringtonize Год назад +337

      Yes! Glad someone mentioned that the dish was cooked!

    • @LadyBern
      @LadyBern Год назад +108

      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
      @sarasmr4278 Год назад +160

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

    • @clarie4497
      @clarie4497 Год назад +53

      🤢

    • @andreak1111
      @andreak1111 Год назад +124

      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.

  • @simonphoenix3789
    @simonphoenix3789 Год назад +16

    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?

    • @ZAND4TSU
      @ZAND4TSU Месяц назад +2

      He probably did it for the vine

  • @chitzzz1384
    @chitzzz1384 Год назад +42

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

    • @misterlister-wm2tj
      @misterlister-wm2tj 7 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @raccoonmaybecooking474
    @raccoonmaybecooking474 Год назад +4602

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

    • @ForeverSweetx3
      @ForeverSweetx3 Год назад +523

      Well it wasn't harmless

    • @irandomtp
      @irandomtp Год назад +418

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

    • @maranatha8768
      @maranatha8768 Год назад +86

      Not so harmless is it ?

    • @loeil666
      @loeil666 Год назад +183

      Natural Selection

    • @kosherre6243
      @kosherre6243 Год назад

      @Don't read profile photo 🖕

  • @marcoguenza2329
    @marcoguenza2329 Год назад +1941

    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
      @TheBronf Год назад +83

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

    • @DaggerSecurity
      @DaggerSecurity Год назад +61

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

    • @TheBronf
      @TheBronf Год назад +35

      @@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
      @ikawba00 Год назад +1

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

    • @TheBronf
      @TheBronf Год назад +13

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

  • @uglyguy3449
    @uglyguy3449 Год назад +28

    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.

  • @grodeejodee9815
    @grodeejodee9815 Год назад +152

    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
      @junyew1813 Год назад +16

      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
      @haruuri5464 Год назад +2

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

    • @pauls5745
      @pauls5745 Год назад +2

      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
      @juanblanco7898 11 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @juanblanco7898
      @juanblanco7898 11 месяцев назад

      @@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.

  • @Maljurok
    @Maljurok Год назад +1237

    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
      @chickonn Год назад +37

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

    • @Zenithxblack
      @Zenithxblack Год назад +6

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

    • @sirbedivere5670
      @sirbedivere5670 Год назад +29

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

    • @FalconWindblader
      @FalconWindblader Год назад +13

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

    • @Kayla4217
      @Kayla4217 Год назад +4

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

  • @will_wtr
    @will_wtr Год назад +726

    But then... he started feeling _sluggish_

  • @cenetta9193
    @cenetta9193 Год назад +11

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

  • @joshuaW5621
    @joshuaW5621 8 месяцев назад +19

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

  • @peterjf7723
    @peterjf7723 Год назад +1779

    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
      @bromisovalum8417 Год назад +114

      @@carolannemonteleone5276 maybe they're freshwater shrimps

    • @carriebecker8383
      @carriebecker8383 Год назад +242

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

    • @catatoblob8598
      @catatoblob8598 Год назад +65

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

    • @peterjf7723
      @peterjf7723 Год назад +129

      @@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
      @MiaMizuno Год назад +10

      Ew

  • @LightingMouse
    @LightingMouse Год назад +1071

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

    • @luzzyluz67457
      @luzzyluz67457 Год назад +41

      Moral of the Story: DONT -EAT-

    • @iamdanyc93
      @iamdanyc93 Год назад +4

      Unless its in your house

    • @LightingMouse
      @LightingMouse Год назад +20

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

    • @A_Liner
      @A_Liner Год назад +3

      3-seconds rule!

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 Год назад +15

      kinda common sense honestly

  • @assghoul
    @assghoul Год назад +60

    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.

  • @ericrenaud1733
    @ericrenaud1733 10 месяцев назад +7

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

    • @MinhAIPet
      @MinhAIPet 18 дней назад +1

      Lol. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ket5818
      @ket5818 6 дней назад +1

      Two different cases

  • @pn4960
    @pn4960 Год назад +1193

    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
      @carlosdasilva2409 Год назад +32

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

    • @WonkOfWonkyness
      @WonkOfWonkyness Год назад +7

      ^^ What he said. ^^

    • @AngelNearDestruction
      @AngelNearDestruction Год назад +49

      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
      @kclightman Год назад +45

      @@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
      @carlosdasilva2409 Год назад +6

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

  • @umdasu
    @umdasu Год назад +168

    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
      @rickc2102 Год назад +40

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

    • @MelissaBezerra
      @MelissaBezerra Год назад +17

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

    • @Zinky16
      @Zinky16 Год назад

      The African snail is nice to eat tho

    • @jasper_____595
      @jasper_____595 Год назад +10

      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 👀

  • @aldyhabibie9717
    @aldyhabibie9717 Год назад +8

    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.

  • @aayobruv
    @aayobruv Год назад +19

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

  • @xDEADLOCKEDx2468
    @xDEADLOCKEDx2468 Год назад +50

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

  • @matthewconnermr.gensin5417
    @matthewconnermr.gensin5417 Год назад +343

    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
      @marcosdheleno Год назад +14

      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
      @nocturnaldev8607 Год назад +2

      @@marcosdheleno 💀

    • @twindrill2852
      @twindrill2852 Год назад +2

      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
      @JessicaStruzik414 Год назад +3

      @@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.

  • @true4439
    @true4439 Год назад +16

    They took out his appendix for nothing =,(

  • @kj-pn8ll
    @kj-pn8ll Год назад +30

    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

  • @wolfrynn3132
    @wolfrynn3132 Год назад +263

    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.

  • @RickChannel01
    @RickChannel01 Год назад +526

    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
      @lombardo141 Год назад +26

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

    • @melody3741
      @melody3741 Год назад +16

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

    • @theblade1235
      @theblade1235 Год назад +4

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

    • @MelissaBezerra
      @MelissaBezerra Год назад

      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
      @TyeArtisik Год назад +1

      Ikr🤢

  • @fruitygemini
    @fruitygemini Год назад +6

    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!

  • @mlongpre100
    @mlongpre100 Год назад +6

    people like this make me feel much better about myself

  • @KlaxontheImpailr
    @KlaxontheImpailr Год назад +433

    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
      @notconvid7220 Год назад +2

      @@kingsly3690 i just realized

    • @TakBonez
      @TakBonez Год назад +41

      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
      @MacTechG4 Год назад

      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
      @mysmirandam.6618 Год назад +1

      @@TakBonez I'd have 3 nickels

    • @MacTechG4
      @MacTechG4 Год назад

      @@kingsly3690 yes, yes it is…

  • @uprightape100
    @uprightape100 Год назад +205

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

  • @SincerelyTracie
    @SincerelyTracie Год назад +7

    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 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

  • @funtimecruz
    @funtimecruz 8 месяцев назад +1

    I love how the doctors said yea 1 out of 17000000 seems right.

  • @batchampa
    @batchampa Год назад +432

    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
      @elizabethpate9486 Год назад +78

      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
      @Zenithxblack Год назад +9

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

    • @jojomaster7675
      @jojomaster7675 Год назад +29

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

    • @omarb7164
      @omarb7164 Год назад +59

      @@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
      @oxygenanimations Год назад

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

  • @deathbot3602
    @deathbot3602 Год назад +83

    People really got to stop doing these idiotic dares.

  • @ascensionindustries9631
    @ascensionindustries9631 Год назад +13

    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
      @twindrill2852 Год назад +1

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

    • @misakimei3102
      @misakimei3102 Год назад

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

  • @saipavand4064
    @saipavand4064 Год назад +7

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

  • @CharliStar
    @CharliStar Год назад +64

    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
      @rickc2102 Год назад +1

      Yeah, gotta get that digestive tract clean.

    • @LightWolfAMVS
      @LightWolfAMVS Год назад +6

      Are they not specifically breeded?

    • @CharliStar
      @CharliStar Год назад +1

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

  • @Adrastia
    @Adrastia Год назад +328

    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
      @crowdemon_archives Год назад +19

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

    • @_Obey_
      @_Obey_ Год назад +3

      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
      @Ian-gx9mn Год назад

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

    • @Markycarandbikestuff
      @Markycarandbikestuff Год назад +5

      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
      @donaldfuck Год назад +1

      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

  • @justintimbertim8589
    @justintimbertim8589 Год назад +1

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

  • @junyew1813
    @junyew1813 Год назад +1

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

  • @WYATTWHATWHY
    @WYATTWHATWHY Год назад +184

    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
      @bruciekibbutz2947 Год назад +4

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

    • @dshe8637
      @dshe8637 Год назад +11

      Your username is ironic in your situation

    • @jazeenharal6013
      @jazeenharal6013 Год назад +2

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

    • @WYATTWHATWHY
      @WYATTWHATWHY Год назад +4

      @@jazeenharal6013 its a brain one

    • @jazeenharal6013
      @jazeenharal6013 Год назад +4

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

  • @raresnaftan3977
    @raresnaftan3977 Год назад +43

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

  • @meowmeow89012
    @meowmeow89012 Год назад +12

    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)

  • @sjankarcher
    @sjankarcher 6 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @Shabanezloth
    @Shabanezloth Год назад +334

    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
      @JZJ7777 Год назад +29

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

    • @gigajet3390
      @gigajet3390 Год назад +50

      @@JZJ7777 Especially in Australia

    • @Versuffe
      @Versuffe Год назад +2

      We Aussies have no fear

    •  Год назад +1

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

    • @cashewnuttel9054
      @cashewnuttel9054 Год назад +4

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

  • @silveryohko
    @silveryohko Год назад +108

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

    • @galaxymew5138
      @galaxymew5138 Год назад

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

    • @hoathanatos6179
      @hoathanatos6179 Год назад +2

      @@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
      @galaxymew5138 Год назад

      @@hoathanatos6179
      🤤 Sounds good!

    • @sionnachmacbradaigh1010
      @sionnachmacbradaigh1010 Год назад

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

    • @freddyspaghetti1912
      @freddyspaghetti1912 Год назад +2

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

  • @SHUPIRATE1991
    @SHUPIRATE1991 Год назад

    Wow these stories are heartbreaking

  • @therandom-iw9fk
    @therandom-iw9fk Год назад +1

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

  • @TJtheHuman
    @TJtheHuman Год назад +130

    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.
      @zombies.in.space. Год назад +6

      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
      @kittencutie7074 Год назад +1

      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
      @kittencutie7074 Год назад +1

      @@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
      @user-cw3wm9lx7w 8 месяцев назад

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

  • @secretpanda64
    @secretpanda64 Год назад +18

    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.

  • @nak2Edits
    @nak2Edits Год назад +2

    bro really ate a slug and then went into a coma

  • @AlexMuseMatrix
    @AlexMuseMatrix 2 месяца назад +4

    Slug In USA: 🤢
    Slug in Europe: 😊
    Slug in Africa: 😨
    Slug in Australia: 💀

  • @porkchopsboi
    @porkchopsboi Год назад +34

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

  • @nickprice8907
    @nickprice8907 Год назад +80

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

  • @someone618
    @someone618 Год назад +3

    His friends who dare him:
    *Regrets his choice*

  • @gigabytegallery7305
    @gigabytegallery7305 Год назад

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

  • @vendettarules1
    @vendettarules1 Год назад +16

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

  • @evangeline77x
    @evangeline77x Год назад +10

    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.

  • @OneRedKraken
    @OneRedKraken Год назад +5

    I guess people in Australia get used to living in a place where there's deadly things all around you. Of all the places to pull off a dare like that it was surely one of the worst. Maybe the rain forest would top it.

  • @clarkeeeee
    @clarkeeeee Год назад +1

    You know, I get the feeling that his mother probably hadn't eaten enough slugs to give him good advice.

  • @lasiusniger1094
    @lasiusniger1094 Год назад +48

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

  • @dorinha_e_eu
    @dorinha_e_eu Год назад +66

    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
      @dorinha_e_eu Год назад +7

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

    • @DOORHANDLE207
      @DOORHANDLE207 Год назад +2

      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
      @leonel91 Год назад

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

  • @enestekin2
    @enestekin2 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @isimbulamadm7972
    @isimbulamadm7972 10 месяцев назад +1

    "He woke of from coma, but this was just the start of his nightmare" Happy intro music starts playing

  • @Nilboggen
    @Nilboggen Год назад +59

    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.

    • @WarPigstheHun
      @WarPigstheHun Год назад +3

      That snail was chock-full of babies then

  • @DKCGamerGirl
    @DKCGamerGirl Год назад +115

    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
      @lombardo141 Год назад +13

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

    • @EnciodesSilverash
      @EnciodesSilverash Год назад +9

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

    • @TyeArtisik
      @TyeArtisik Год назад +6

      Common sense isn't so common

    • @DKCGamerGirl
      @DKCGamerGirl Год назад +2

      @@TyeArtisik lol, yes that is very true

  • @Asthartisify
    @Asthartisify Год назад

    Wrapped up beautifully.

  • @AwesomeHyperSonic547
    @AwesomeHyperSonic547 5 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @temi6034
    @temi6034 Год назад +397

    Brew, thank you for being consistent with content for years

  • @bluegirlgraphics
    @bluegirlgraphics Год назад +47

    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

  • @JUAN_OLIVIER
    @JUAN_OLIVIER Год назад

    Those snails definitely got their revenge.

  • @twindrill2852
    @twindrill2852 Год назад +3

    I wonder how Kane Tauanu’u is doing now. His developmental issues don’t seem that severe, so hopefully he won’t receive much harassment as he grows up.

  • @Valesteria1783
    @Valesteria1783 Год назад +4

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

  • @Jade_230
    @Jade_230 Год назад +12

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

  • @Serial_Designation_A.
    @Serial_Designation_A. 11 месяцев назад

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

  • @DogmaBeoulve
    @DogmaBeoulve Год назад

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

  • @protec5955
    @protec5955 Год назад +17

    Woke up for a sesh 420 days later. What an absolute legend

  • @kittencutie7074
    @kittencutie7074 Год назад +5

    Would love to hear what his friends think about this

  • @ionaf9
    @ionaf9 Год назад +2

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

  • @NirrumTheMad
    @NirrumTheMad Год назад +76

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

    • @spider0804
      @spider0804 Год назад +23

      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
      @Penitten Год назад +17

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

    • @tomewifecollector9608
      @tomewifecollector9608 Год назад +12

      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
      @darklight6921 Год назад

      lobster...

    • @NirrumTheMad
      @NirrumTheMad Год назад +13

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

  • @AutarchKade
    @AutarchKade Год назад +13

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

  • @ScottAT
    @ScottAT Год назад +1

    Omg snails have prions. Can’t even let them come into contact with an open cut!

  • @hayyeh7795
    @hayyeh7795 Год назад +1

    I remember one time a slug was near me, jumpscared me to death. The balls they had to eat it alive

  • @JdeeGeekyGao
    @JdeeGeekyGao Год назад +34

    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.

  • @GZxuanChannel-nx9vi
    @GZxuanChannel-nx9vi Год назад +27

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

    • @spider0804
      @spider0804 Год назад +13

      Why Are Each First Letter Of Each Word Capitalized?

    • @Cakemine7
      @Cakemine7 Год назад

      @@spider0804 probably autocapitalization my phone does that sometimes

    • @MelissaBezerra
      @MelissaBezerra Год назад +1

      eating an animal alive is not harmless

    • @kittencutie7074
      @kittencutie7074 Год назад

      You mean harmful

    • @kurtslavain
      @kurtslavain Год назад

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

  • @BakaNeBaka
    @BakaNeBaka Год назад

    That rather joyful festive music right after '...but this was only the beginning of his nightmare' really caught me off guard ...

  • @majorphenom1
    @majorphenom1 Год назад

    Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾

  • @xdOreoMilk
    @xdOreoMilk Год назад +26

    Personally I wouldn’t let that happen to me

  • @crackertower5874
    @crackertower5874 Год назад +21

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

  • @Enchanter144
    @Enchanter144 Год назад

    I suddenly remember that one snail parasite that takes over their eye and make it pulsate

  • @MadeForNothing.
    @MadeForNothing. 7 месяцев назад +1

    For some reason I thought the slug was a pepper. I needed to look closer.

  • @caekeid6527
    @caekeid6527 Год назад +36

    It’s spinach isn’t it I always knew it couldn’t be trusted

    • @miloradowicz
      @miloradowicz Год назад +11

      The next time a vegan tries to preach me the benefits of their lifestyle, they are getting a knuckle sandwich.

    • @JZJ7777
      @JZJ7777 Год назад +4

      Spinach doesn’t always taste that great but it’s good for the body.

  • @Sen-ki-
    @Sen-ki- Год назад +155

    You know it's a good day when Brew uploads

  • @mxrdslxg
    @mxrdslxg 8 месяцев назад +1

    bro, i swear to god, australia is just the test server of earth

  • @ryancarroll1697
    @ryancarroll1697 Год назад

    The little floating creature is so cute