Giant African Snails Invade Miami Florida

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   Stacie Lposted 13 years ago

   http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2 … i-florida/
   Workers from Florida’s Department of Agriculture are fighting a slimy and dangerous enemy: giant African land snails that have invaded a residential area in Miami-Dade County.
   “We have collected over a thousand so far and we have only just begun,” said Denise Feiber, Public Information Director for Florida’s Division of Plant Industry.
   
   Florida Department of Agriculture/Division of Plant Industry
   
   Investigators aren’t sure when or how the invaders slithered into town, but they are on a mission to eradicate the snails as fast as possible.  Giant African land snails can grow to be as long as 8 inches and consume at least 500 different types of plants.  They also destroy stucco and plaster.
   sounds like a new horror movie just in time for Halloween..!

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      Greek Oneposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      African Snails?
      
      How big are their condoms??

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   paradigmsearchposted 13 years ago

   Revenge of the Snails!

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   earnestshubposted 13 years ago

   A great find as usual Stacie.
   
   I wonder how they taste with a nice chilli sauce?
   
   It would not take many of these to make a nice meal.

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      paradigmsearchposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      
      Yum!

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   wychicposted 13 years ago

   LOL -- it's the GALS response to how the FDA has been treating them for the last several years. If anyone is caught keeping them as pets, they're confiscated and dropped in rubbing alcohol. I understand these critters can wreak havoc in humid, temperate climates, but they did it in the desert states too...

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   Stacie Lposted 13 years ago

   we usually spread salt on the walkway to keep them from entering the house..they hate that!

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      2uesdayposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      You leave the house to sprinkle the salt with snails that size about, you are brave. I would have to move to another place.
      
      Not sure it would work with snails but slugs cannot cross a strip of copper, gardeners use it for that reason sometimes.

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   paradigmsearchposted 13 years ago

   Shotgun.

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   DrPPoorlukposted 13 years ago

   Sounds like a 60's horror movie. Snails vs. the Blob!

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      paradigmsearchposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Maybe the satellite will nail a few of them.

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   klarawieckposted 13 years ago

   My tortoise loves them! YUM!

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   klarawieckposted 13 years ago

   Just checked my backyard... no giant snails.

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    Wentworth35posted 13 years ago

    I don't know why, but I like snails.  I remember bringing them into the house for their dinner, but my cat Dennis was afraid of them, so I had to put them back in the garden.  However, for the past few years, every morning there is a trail of slime across my carpet, but I have never seen the snail.  I always feel guilty, when I walk into the garden in the dark and hear the unmistakable crunch under my foot.

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    DIY Backlinksposted 13 years ago

    These buggers can get very big1

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    Greek Oneposted 13 years ago

    Giant African Snails Invade Miami Florida???
    
    They are not really snails, they are just REALLY slow (and they can't shoot either!)
    
    

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    klarawieckposted 13 years ago

    Those snails costed a lot of money! I wonder why?!

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