Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
Nematodes. They cause Bilharzia. They go into little water snails and then come out again and lurgy people.

I remember once editing a friend's dissertation on the subject. That's all I remember of it. That and some pictures of glum-looking Africans.
I once heard a septic ask a guide if he could leap off the boat into the Zambezi for a swim. He was cautioned against it. "Bilharzia?" asked the intrepid explorer. "Crocodiles", replied the lugubrious local, rolling his eyes... (This was the same septic who asked where hippos lay their eggs.)