Travel?

Martin wrote:
On 17/06/10 13:12, Tom P wrote:
Martin wrote:
On 17/06/10 09:45, Martin wrote:
On 17/06/10 01:20, John Karl wrote:
On 6/16/10 11:36 AM, Martin wrote:
On 16/06/10 18:34, george wrote:
On Jun 16, 3:33 pm, "Erick T.
wrote:
george:

Reminds me of my German wife always telling me not to eat any
berries
in the forest in Germany as the foxes pee on them and this carries
some type of "near fatal (?)" disease!!!
That must be something local, here.
In the German village where I live, people keep constantly
reminding me
to only pick wild berries that grow at least one meter high,
otherwise
[the fox story]. I have no clue whether or not there's some truth
about
that claim, though.

--
Erick
I just asked my wife about this. She claims it is the fox tape worm.
Also a risk of catching rabies "tolwort"
Actually, Tollwut.

Of course. There used to be signs with a bat symbol warning about "Wild
tollwut" in Bavarian forests. Maybe there still are.
This sort seems to be more common

http://www.absperr-schilder-technik....545933 084b00

Although it's supposed to be endemic, I have never personally heard of
any humans getting rabies,

In Germany?

which is just as well as it is an extremely
unpleasant way to die.

The treatment for suspected rabies is almost as bad as having it.

Another hazard in many parts of the country comes
from two tick borne diseases - FSME (encephalitis, TBE) and borreliosis
(Lyme disease).

and Leptospirosis Weil's disease is in rat and other wild animal urine,
a particular risk for those doing water sports.
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Leptosp...roduction.aspx

Both diseases result in long term debilitating illness.
Yet another hazard exists if you walk barefoot across grass meadows
where wild geese have left their droppings. These may contain the lava
of fluke worms.

That should be "larvae" of course. Been reading too much about volcano
eruptions.

Wild grown water cress almost certainly contains liver flukes.

Apart from that, enjoy your stay in Germany!

and your healthy salad sandwich

On 18/06/10 10:04, Tom P wrote:

That should be "larvae" of course. Been reading too much about volcano
eruptions.

and not the welsh bread thread?