Florida Neighborhood Under Quarantine for Monster Snail

[babylonsister]

Apparently last year's quarantine didn't work.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/03/us/giant-african-snail-florida-scn-trnd/index.html
A Florida county is quarantining after discovery of invasive Giant African land snail
By Zoe Sottile, CNN
Published 1:01 AM EDT, Sun July 3, 2022


https://www.thedailybeast.com/part-of-broward-county-under-quarantine-for-giant-african-land-snail?ref=home


Florida Neighborhood Under Quarantine for Monster Snail
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Published Jun. 21, 2023 1:30AM ET
Giant African land snail

The Florida Department of Agriculture put part of Broward County under quarantine on Tuesday as authorities try to eradicate the voracious and infectious giant African land snail. The pernicious pest—which devours more than 500 kinds of plants—was found in the Miramar area earlier this month, and now residents and businesses are barred from moving plants, soil, yard waste, debris, or compost without approval. The snails carry the rat lungworm parasite, which causes meningitis in humans.

[Scrivener7]

1. Just the phrase "infectious giant land snail" makes me a little nauseous.

[gab13by13]

2. Repent DeSatan, this is a sign from god.

[Submariner]

3. The Everglades are infested with cotton rats now,

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because after eating all the glades small gators, mammals (rabbits, raccoons, small deer, and bobcats) the pythons evidently don’t like the taste of rat meat, which has exploded the rat population because all the predators are now gone.

If Florida is lucky, the new rat overlords will have a taste for Everglades escargot.

[babylonsister]

4. "Everglades escargot"

Love it (not really)! These critters could kill ya.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

6. I can just see item on menus of future Florida restaurants....

* Grilled filet of rat,
* Escargot in Bearnaise sauce,
* BBQ python tenderloin,
* Red tide and fire ant cocktail with olive, and
* Mar-a-Lardo faux chocolate cake for desert......

Hell, I thought Florida already had rat overlords courtesy of the Florida GOP and two competing for the title of King Rat.

I never cease to be amazed at the destruction mankind has wrought.

KY.........
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[Poiuyt]

15. I wish I could recommend an individual post!

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

5. If Patricia Highsmith were alive today,

she might have been able to compose a good horror story from this.

A known snail aficionado, Ms. Highsmith wrote some some fine horror stories back in the day. My personal favorite was "The Quest for Blank Claveringi" which featured giant snails.

[Vinca]

7. How can you tell DeSantis from a slimy, parasitic, giant snail? You got me.

[MiHale]

10. Snails don't wear white boots...

[Chainfire]

12. DeSantis has a thinner shell.

[Lovie777]

8. I'm gonna look that up, ewwwwwwwww................

flesh eating bacteria is still present there too. What is DeSatan doing about that?

[Goodheart]

9. You see, in south Louisiana we never would have had a "monster snail" overpopulation problem

Those things would have become part of a routine Cajun diet.

Giant pythons in southern Florida? Taste just like chicken.

[Ray Bruns]

11. You know what would fix this problem? Another tax cut for millionaires and billionaires.

[malaise]

13. Is it wearing white boots?

😀😀😀😀😀

[Backseat Driver]

14. Could these giant snails also now live in WA/Canada and mid-state California w/climate change?

Arriving via port cities - Vancouver/SF latitudes? - where temps have been much warmer of late?

Canadian Pacific Rain Forest - Central Valley?

I also seem to recall participants in Naked and Afraid doing meals of proteineous snails, vermin, and snakes. Something to watch for in their future medical histories...Ewwwww...

[MerryBlooms]

16. Yikes. Gonna need a bigger salt shaker.🫣