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babylonsister

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Wed Jun 21, 2023, 06:29 AM Jun 2023

Florida Neighborhood Under Quarantine for Monster Snail [View all]

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.
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