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Next time you're thinking of taking a swim in an Indian river... think again.
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Words of advice even in the days before man-eating catfish.
considering the number of dead people that get floated down them and the amount of human waste that winds up in many of them, I would think it wise to avoid indian rivers even if they were populated by unicorns and lined with platinum.
Here's one fo ryou. Ever heard of Chagas Disease? Its what they think killed Darwin. Its a protozoan that destroys your organs, mostly the heart. The only way to avoid death it to replace the heart; a transplant. the catch?
There is no cure fo rthe disease, so you end up going through hearts like old folks go through depends. And last time i heard, they werent exactly giving away donor organs.
These guys give it to you:
Its a central/south american type of Assassin bug called the "Kissing Bug" if I'm not mistaken. They carry the microbes pretty much the same way the anopheles mosquito carries Malaria (also a protozoan disease), and get this; you contract it when the bug sucks your blood. Guess why? They crap while they feed. So its like you are a nice restauraunt, and this rude little bastard comes and feeds, craps in his seat,then leaves. The bites cause itching, and when the victim scratches, they inadvertantly rub chagas infected bug shitinto the wound and infect themselves.
Aint nature grand?