What started as an innocent dare ended up being a tragic story for a 19-year-old who was left paralysed for eight years. Look ...

Sam Ballard, who died at the age of 28, ate a slug at a friend's party for a dare while still a teenager. The consequences ...

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Rat lungworm disease typically infects humans after they eat raw fruits and vegetables contaminated by slugs carrying the small parasitic roundworms. -- The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo A ...

It was a dare that changed the trajectory of an teenager's life forever, which his now-adult friends are still reeling from.

Read full article: Invasive worm spotted in San Antonio area could carry rat lungworm parasite SAN ANTONIO ... the Black Velvet Leatherleaf slug. (Texas Invasive Species Institute)The hammerhead ...

Rugby player Sam Ballard was just 19 when he swallowed a slug at a friend's party. The decision would have devastating ...