Ugh I thought that was amusing, at least until I read yesterday about a 10 year old girl in Texas who died from exactly this. The amoeba is called Naegleria Fo

Ugh I thought that was amusing, at least until I read yesterday about a 10 year old girl in Texas who died from exactly this. The amoeba is called Naegleria Fowleri and nagelerisis is a terrifying way to die: even with treatment there's a 95% mortality rate. The amoebas enter the nose when they traverse the olfactory nerve via something called the cribriform plate to enter the brain. Once there, they mistake neurons for bacteria, which they consume.