Invasive giant African land snails have now popped up in three counties across the state, it's bad news for plants and people.
the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The fist-sized mollusks are native to East Africa. But in Florida, they pose a big threat to theAs a bonus, the gooey gastropods often leave more than slime trails in their wake. They carry a parasite, called rat lungworm,in humans. If a person eats a snail infected with rat lungworm, or unwashed vegetables contaminated with an infected snail’s slime, they can end up sick.
They’re “one of the most invasive pests on the planet,” by FDACS’sJust a single snail is capable of laying thousands of eggs in a year. They can spread miles at a time by hitching rides on vehicles or in transported yard waste. When conditions aren’t ideal for snail shenanigans, they can enter stasis, buried in the ground for up to a year until circumstances improve. In short: getting rid of them is a challenge, but Florida has done it before..
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