Florida city under quarantine after deadly giant African snail detected

nypost ^ | 6/20/2023 | katherine donleavy

[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.

[Bob434]

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

[stars & stripes forever]

[stars & stripes forever]

Biblical “unclean” meat.

[Bob434]

[[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-

[deport]

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.

[dfwgator]

NEMATODES!

[LizzieD]

LOL!!

[Weirdad]

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

[matthew fuller]

Fixed by 11:19 Central Time.

[DoodleBob]

Thirsty…thirsty….

[Allegra]

Here’s something even more deadly.

[Drago]

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

[Syncro]

It’s a snail, not a slug...

[lee martell]

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.

[SVTCobra03]

Escargot

[Syncro]

“brain-eating worm/parasite”

Well, it won’t hurt leftists...

[aquila48]

Escargots anyone?

[alexander_busek]

The insects could be parasites.

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

Regards,

[fr_freak]

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?

[MagnoliaB]

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