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Giant African snail forces South Florida community to quarantine
Daily Mail ^ | 21/6/23 | Melissa Koenig

Posted on 06/21/2023 11:36:02 AM PDT by Eleutheria5

Huge invasive pest can eat its way through stucco and street signs, puncture tires, and even cause meningitis The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced on Tuesday that a swath of Broward County would be placed under quarantine The department will spray a pesticide it says is safe for crops but will make the invasive giant African land snails susceptible to dehydration

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Humor; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: broward; browardcounty; florida; giantsnails; invasion; quarantine
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To: RouxStir

You’re right. And the slugs too. Nasty , slimy things.


61 posted on 06/22/2023 11:15:26 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: GaltAdonis

You’re right. This can’t be good. First it’ll be the snails we let in and then the slugs. Those slimy little things, *yuck*!


62 posted on 06/22/2023 11:17:59 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: Bethaneidh

Yeah but will it get through the shell?

We’re talking GIANT snails here.

We may need some armor piercing rounds for this.

Maybe 120mm from an Abrams tank.


63 posted on 06/22/2023 11:19:35 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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