An unidentified 12-year-old died Friday after being infected with an amoeba while swimming in a Florida lake.

 

Man, if that doesn't suck nothing does. Just one more thing we have to worry about. Oh well. If the super virus's weren't enough.

 

Heres a link:

 

http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/conditions/07/26/dangerous.amoebas/index.html

the thread title made me laugh. I had this bizarre image of a huge amoeba swallowing some kid.

Originally posted by Radical Edward

the thread title made me laugh. I had this bizarre image of a huge amoeba swallowing some kid.

 

Ditto

Link is broken, btw.

seems to work for me... but then I have to right click copy shortcut, and then paste it into a new window as my Explorer is borked.

Hrm, it must have just been CNN that day.

Woops. I used to bridge jump into the Mohawk river all the time.

 

If I had died from an amoeba I would of been pissed. :toilet:

I have to admit, that sucks a lot. You can't even swim in a bloody lake for fear of being killed by a microscopic piece of stuff.

I shouldn`t laugh, but I too, pictured Steve Mcqeen in the "The Blob" for a second or two.

was his immune system perculiar at all? as stuff like that can make you violently ill, but rarely kills?

I've never even heard of it until today to be fair. Apparently it's an extremely rare occurence.