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| Eating a garden slug can lead to parasite infection and death |
| 2018-11-05 |
| [MAIL] A gifted rugby player who became a paraplegic after swallowing a garden slug as a dare has died after an eight-year battle with a parasite infection. Sam Ballard, 28, spent three years in hospital after eating the garden slug at a party in 2010 when he was just 19. The 'cheeky larrikin' passed away on Friday surrounded by family and a loyal group of friends after years of medical complications following the incident. Mr Ballard's last words to his mother Katie were: 'I love you'. Before the dare Mr Ballard had been a promising young rugby player at his high school, Barker College, on Sydney's upper north shore. Earlier this year his mates Jimmy Galvin and Michael Sheasby told The Project of the fateful night that changed their lives. 'We were sitting over here having a bit of a red wine appreciation night, trying to act as grown up and a slug came crawling across here,' Mr Galvin said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 All I need to know is the name and I will avoid it like the plague. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-11-05 21:11 |
| #2 The key is cooking. Cooking kills parasites. The rat lungworm parasite has been found on lettuce grown in Hawaii. http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/July-2017/Rat-Lungworm-101-What-You-Need-to-Know-About-This-Potentially-Deadly-Parasite/ |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2018-11-05 19:15 |
| #1 Being stupid isn't illegal, but it can carry the death penalty. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-11-05 08:59 |