Rat Lungworms in Paradise
June 13, 2017 4:39 AM Subscribe
An invasive slug is helping to spread a nasty parasite in Hawaii. There are things you can do to avoid it though.
What a terrifying thing to read first thing upon waking up! At least my lifestyle of not eating vegetables and being too broke to visit Hawaii has been vindicated.
posted by ejs at 5:28 AM on June 13, 2017 [11 favorites]
posted by ejs at 5:28 AM on June 13, 2017 [11 favorites]
That's horrifying I wish I hadn't read but I did and I don't know why.
posted by SpaceWarp13 at 6:58 AM on June 13, 2017
posted by SpaceWarp13 at 6:58 AM on June 13, 2017
Going out to pour more coffee grounds around the kale right now...
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 7:34 AM on June 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 7:34 AM on June 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
Rat Lungworm sounds like he'd be right at home among Blast Hardcheese, Punt SpeedChunk, Big McLargeHuge, etc.
posted by Foosnark at 8:07 AM on June 13, 2017 [7 favorites]
posted by Foosnark at 8:07 AM on June 13, 2017 [7 favorites]
Timely and good to know. Thanks for posting.
posted by vignettist at 8:37 AM on June 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by vignettist at 8:37 AM on June 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
I love salad, but this gives me pause. Good thing I like steamed greens too.
posted by Bee'sWing at 8:43 AM on June 13, 2017
posted by Bee'sWing at 8:43 AM on June 13, 2017
Now I have a weird variant of "Cheeseburger in Paradise" stuck in my head.
posted by Huffy Puffy at 9:05 AM on June 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Huffy Puffy at 9:05 AM on June 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
Good gravy. If that ever makes it to the continent, I'm only eating veggies that are boiled to mush.
posted by fimbulvetr at 10:13 AM on June 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by fimbulvetr at 10:13 AM on June 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
This is horrifying. We will all have to eat like the British. Boil everything! What IS that? It is bread, we like it soft.
posted by Oyéah at 10:36 AM on June 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Oyéah at 10:36 AM on June 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
DEATH TO BRASSICAE that is all
posted by cstross at 10:37 AM on June 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by cstross at 10:37 AM on June 13, 2017 [2 favorites]
Sounds like something a semi-slug would say. . .
posted by Bee'sWing at 11:07 AM on June 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Bee'sWing at 11:07 AM on June 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
Now I have a weird variant of "Cheeseburger in Paradise" stuck in my head.
For me its "Two Tickets to Paradise."
posted by Ogre Lawless at 12:51 PM on June 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
For me its "Two Tickets to Paradise."
posted by Ogre Lawless at 12:51 PM on June 13, 2017 [1 favorite]
I saw a HGTV-type show about living in Hawaii a few years ago. They showed giant poisonous centipedes that don't die if you cut them in half and love to snuggle between your sheets for a nighttime surprise. Who knows what other horrors lurk in the tropical "paradise" of Hawaii. (Well, maybe The Shadow knows.)
posted by pangolin party at 6:02 PM on June 13, 2017
posted by pangolin party at 6:02 PM on June 13, 2017
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