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Swimming in a lake here in Florida can kill you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleria_fowleri

Personally, I prefer springs and oceans. So not too worried about that. Lakes around here are murky and full of gators any way.




Oh that disease due to a kind of Amoeba (Naegleria) is very bad because it actually almost always leads to death (post to meningo-encephalitis). 97-99% mortality unlike coccidioidomycosis (which is a little hyped in the article).

They tried Amphotericin B in some case with limited success but the disease is always fatal :(


On the plus side, it's extremely rare. About three cases a year in the U.S. on average.


Darwin wins again -- Saltwater crocodiles are bigger than alligators :D




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