▲ 245 ▼ Surprised doctors find 10-inch worm in man's groin during elective surgery (arstechnica.com) submitted 1 month ago by shish_mish@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 67 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 89 points 1 month ago (4 children) The man’s only recollection of a possible exposure was eating raw snake meat during military service 50 years prior. Based permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago Oh, it's just baby snakes permalink fedilink source parent [–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago Oh, thank god the snake meat I ate during military service 50 years ago was cooked! 🥴 permalink fedilink source parent [–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Hooray for hazing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago It's not hazing. I'll bet it was during the Cobra Gold exercise, during which Thailand hosts various militaries including the US Marines. Part of the training traded is survival skills specific to the jungle environments Thailand provides, which includes eating of animals, dead or alive. Spiders, scorpions, snakes... one of the traditional hallmarks being the drinking of cobra blood as an alternative to being able to find clean water. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago Oh, it's just baby snakes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago Oh, thank god the snake meat I ate during military service 50 years ago was cooked! 🥴 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Hooray for hazing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago It's not hazing. I'll bet it was during the Cobra Gold exercise, during which Thailand hosts various militaries including the US Marines. Part of the training traded is survival skills specific to the jungle environments Thailand provides, which includes eating of animals, dead or alive. Spiders, scorpions, snakes... one of the traditional hallmarks being the drinking of cobra blood as an alternative to being able to find clean water. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago It's not hazing. I'll bet it was during the Cobra Gold exercise, during which Thailand hosts various militaries including the US Marines. Part of the training traded is survival skills specific to the jungle environments Thailand provides, which includes eating of animals, dead or alive. Spiders, scorpions, snakes... one of the traditional hallmarks being the drinking of cobra blood as an alternative to being able to find clean water. permalink fedilink source parent