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Deaths mount as people collect freshwater snails in shallow streams

Despite the relatively shallow waters, slippery and unfamiliar conditions increase the risk of falling and being unable to get up.

2026.8.14

Catching snails is an easy summer activity. The low entry barrier is causing deaths.

Seven people died while hunting for small freshwater snails in just the span of one week, with authorities warning that the simple outing carries big risks.

2026.8.7

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Snail foragers' annual death toll rises for three years straight

More than 30 people have died while foraging for daseulgi — small, freshwater snails popular in Korean cuisine — over the past three summers, as the task requires foragers to wade into the water, often on uneven, slippery terrain.

2026.6.24

Tag: daseulgi

daseulgi

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Deaths mount as people collect freshwater snails in shallow streams

Catching snails is an easy summer activity. The low entry barrier is causing deaths.

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Snail foragers' annual death toll rises for three years straight