Man Ate a Slug After Being Dared by His Friends Leading to a Tragic End

In 2018, a young man passed away after a dare from his friends turned life-threatening. The initial dare, which was to eat a slug, took place ten years prior, shedding some light on the dangers of parasites associated with slugs.

In 2010, 19-year-old Sam Ballard from Sydney, Australia, was blowing off some steam with his friends. They were enjoying a bottle of wine, when things took a strange turn. “We were sitting, having a bit of a red wine appreciation night, trying to act as grown-ups and a slug came crawling across,” recalls Sam’s friend Jimmy. “The conversation came, ‘should I eat it?’ [and] off Sam went.”

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