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Florida city under quarantine after deadly giant African snail detected
nypost ^ | 6/20/2023 | katherine donleavy

Posted on 06/20/2023 8:31:00 PM PDT by bitt

hey’re not escargot-ing anywhere.

State officials placed part of a Florida city under quarantine Tuesday as they race to eradicate the invasive, parasite-carrying invasive giant African snail.

The 3.5-mile section of Miramar in Broward County — located just 11 miles west of Hollywood — will be covered in a metaldehyde-based molluscicide to exterminate the insects after a giant African snail was found in the area earlier this month.

Residents will be able to move out of the treatment area freely but are prevented from moving any plant-based supplies that could harbor the mammoth mollusk’s eggs.

“Under the quarantine, it is unlawful to move a giant African land snail or a regulated article, including, but not limited to, plants, plant parts, plants in soil, soil, yard waste, debris, compost or building materials, within, through or from the defined quarantine area without a compliance agreement,” the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: africansnail; broward; browardcounty; florida; meningitis; miramar; snail
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To: gundog

LOL! Walk, don’t run, but do panic lol


21 posted on 06/20/2023 8:58:16 PM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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To: gundog

22 posted on 06/20/2023 8:59:17 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: stars & stripes forever

Biblical “unclean” meat.


23 posted on 06/20/2023 9:00:38 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: ETCM

[[AKA Rat Lungworm.]]

That is a nasty nasty parasite- people in Hawaii are gettign it too- not from the giant snails- but from other snails-


24 posted on 06/20/2023 9:00:52 PM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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And the eradifcation carries on.

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The snails were declared eradicated twice in Florida, first
in 1975 after being spotted in 1969, and a second time in
2021, after being seen in Miami-Dade County in 2011,
according to state officials. The giant African land snail
isn’t the only pest harmful to agriculture.


25 posted on 06/20/2023 9:03:06 PM PDT by deport
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To: ETCM

NEMATODES!

26 posted on 06/20/2023 9:07:13 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: gundog

LOL!!


27 posted on 06/20/2023 9:11:06 PM PDT by LizzieD
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To: gundog

That’s definitely an LOL, which I never say, and I was still crying, I think, thanks


28 posted on 06/20/2023 9:13:08 PM PDT by Weirdad (Orthodox Americanism: It's what's good for the world! (Not communofascism!))
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To: ETCM

Fixed by 11:19 Central Time.


29 posted on 06/20/2023 9:20:13 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Democrats aren't about Socialism or Communism. They are about Ghettoism, genocide and infanticide.)
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To: dfwgator

Thirsty…thirsty….


30 posted on 06/20/2023 9:22:01 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: bitt
Here’s something even more deadly.
31 posted on 06/20/2023 9:35:02 PM PDT by Allegra (Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: All; bitt

Giant African Snails carry a brain-eating worm/parasite...perhaps Ivermectin would be effective ;-)

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/pests-diseases/hungry-pests/the-threat/giant-african-snail/giant-african-snail

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/07/florida-battling-giant-savage-snails-that-spread-brain-invading-worms-again/

https://news.sky.com/story/giant-snails-that-can-carry-parasite-known-to-cause-meningitis-in-humans-found-in-florida-12647393

https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/ivermectin-oral-route/proper-use/DRG-20064397?p=1


32 posted on 06/20/2023 9:36:59 PM PDT by Drago
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To: Right Brother

It’s a snail, not a slug...


33 posted on 06/20/2023 9:57:17 PM PDT by Syncro (God is Good--Facts is Facts)
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To: dfwgator

Funny how most all of those Horror Hornets just went out of the news in this country. When is the last time you heard about them being sighted inside the USA? I know they’re still in China and Japan.


34 posted on 06/20/2023 10:02:25 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: bitt

Escargot


35 posted on 06/20/2023 10:08:58 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: Drago

“brain-eating worm/parasite”

Well, it won’t hurt leftists...


36 posted on 06/20/2023 10:11:16 PM PDT by Syncro (God is Good--Facts is Facts)
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To: bitt

Escargots anyone?


37 posted on 06/20/2023 10:24:12 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: stars & stripes forever
The insects could be parasites.

Nope. The parasite is a nematode. There are no insects that parasitize molluscs.

Regards,

38 posted on 06/20/2023 10:30:57 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: blackdog
And fwiw to the people who say we're all gonna die because bees are dying, the honeybee is an invasive species brought to the America's by European settlers.

I did not know this. And since you seem to be the man to ask, what kind of bees were indigenous? Are they still here (and not inter-bred with honeybees)? How are those africanized bees doing?
39 posted on 06/20/2023 10:33:30 PM PDT by fr_freak (Such a foul sky clears not without a storm.)
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To: crusty old prospector

It would work on the snails but salt will sterilize the soil and nothing will grow.


40 posted on 06/21/2023 12:52:22 AM PDT by MagnoliaB ( You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you will find you get what you need.)
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