The Most Horrible Parasite: Brain Eating Amoeba

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Luckily I’m safe from this amoeba since I lack the brain cells for it to feed on.

anxiety unlocked: never swim again

had this amoeba once. poor fella died of hunger

Huge shoutout to the cells in your body that literally use every strategy in the playbook to keep you alive. It's almost an entire sentience in its own right

oh hey, its my fear explained! This amoeba absolutely horrifies me. Even if our antibodies can wreck it. I just dont want holes in my chemoelectrical anxiety machine

"This parasite lives in water and will eat your brain!" "Whelp, I guess I'm never swimming ever again." "Don't worry! You're more likely to drown than be killed by the parasite!" "The reasons to never swim again just keep piling up..."

If you ever feel like giving up, remember your immune system military that does absolutely everything with pure intention of saving your life... with unwavering perseverance

I watched your video a few days ago, and today I read on the news that a 30+ year old woman died from this amoeba in Taiwan (where I currently live). She went to an indoor pool during July 21st to July 24th, and on the 26th she started having headaches, neck stiffening, and fever. She passed away on August 1st.. it sent chills down my spine. I shared your video to my family and friends, but too bad it doesn't have Traditional Chinese subtitles. I sure hope one day someone could help translate your videos so more people can benefit from these useful information. Thank you very much for making this video, you did an excellent job! Thank you.

I love how they acknowledge the existential, "thanks Kurzgesagt, now I'm terrifed of just being alive" into an animated being.

As someone with huge-ass nostrils who always gets water all over the insides of my cavity whenever I swim, thanks for this. Guess I'll never swim again.

If you don’t feel loved just remember your immune system will do everything it can to protect you

My friends father just died from this. A few days ago my friends father died shortly after swimming in lake LBJ in Texas. It was originally diagnosed as meningitis until the doctors got the full detail.

Kurzgesagt: "You're immune to every disease" Also Kurzgesagt: "Not this one lol"

Kurz: It's overhyped Kurz: [explains exactly why it's so deadly and that there's no cure, ending on a jumpscare]

I love how they just like say your gonna die and then just say "nah it probably fine"

had no idea that a microscopic world war could be going on in my brain right now

Ah sweet, natural horrors beyond my comprehension

I love how Kurzgesagt has embraced the existential dread that accompanies most of their videos

This is one of my favorite info chanals and should be shown at school cuz this is usefull I used to watch it when I was a kid and still do keep up the amazing work and hope ur channel will keep informing us well :D