Get ready for war America, the African snail invasion has begun.

[Jodell88]

South Florida is battling a growing infestation of the giant African land snail.
The snail is considered one of the most destructive invasive species, feeding voraciously on more than 500 plant species.
They can also eat through plaster walls, which provides the calcium content they need for their shells.
Experts recently gathered at a science meeting in Gainesville to seek the best way of eradicating the snails.
According to Denise Feiber, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, more than 1,000 of the snails are being caught each week in Miami-Dade county and 117,000 in total since the first snail was spotted by a homeowner in September 2011.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22155219

They are supposedly here in Trinidad and Tobago but I haven't seen any. I also didn't see any in Barbados when I was there. :hmm:

 

[zerocool84]

Just nuke Florida from orbit. Only way to be sure.

 

[techs]

More illegal immigrants destroying America.

 

[Gibsons]

Just nuke Florida from orbit. Only way to be sure.

obligatory

Hey look! 10k!
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[dank69]

Maybe this will help my wife come around to my view of Africans.

 

[2timer]

Just nuke Florida from orbit. Only way to be sure.

Nah. We need the space. Better yet, just make them our penal colony.

But seriously, between this and Burmese boa constrictors, wtf?

 

[Doppel]

$1 bounty on wild-caught African snails. Give the kids something to do this summer. Or spray the entire state in pesticide.

Or as mentioned, if you want to be safe, thermonuclear ordnance loosed from orbit.

 

[2timer]

$1 bounty on wild-caught African snails. Give the kids something to do this summer. Or spray the entire state in pesticide.

Or as mentioned, if you want to be safe, thermonuclear ordnance loosed from orbit.

Agree lol

 

[MaxPayne63]

European snails are a delicacy; African snails are "invaders." Racist.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Ok. I'll pour a line of salt around my yard.

 

[raildogg]

So we first introduce animals where they don't belong and then we massacre them?

Was this snail released into the wild by someone like all the other "alien" species?

 

[Anubis]

can we eat them? i like snails

 

[unokitty]

Those snails aren't edible. They carry diseases and parasites. And they eat substantial amounts.

When I was in Okinawa, the area I was in (Chibana) was overrun with them. If you walked on the grass in the morning, it would be like walking on eggs.

Same thing if you were driving on a road that was still wet from the morning dew.

If you kicked them, they would split and slime you boots big time.

I hate, hate, hated those things.

Uno

 

[dank69]

So we first introduce animals where they don't belong and then we massacre them?

Was this snail released into the wild by someone like all the other "alien" species?

Probably hitched a ride in aquariums with other exotic fish.

 

[Lizardman]

These guys say you can eat them. Give it a go.

http://eattheweeds.com/forum/index.php?topic=1677.0

 

[lxskllr]

How come we never get anything worth a shit invading over here?

Floridians are thrilled to note that wild French truffles are invading the local forests.

Maine is pleasantly surprised to find schools of Japanese tuna off the local coast...

 

[Baked]

What do you think their 1 meter dash time is?

 

[Newbian]

Sounds like a free meal to me.

 

[Pocatello]

It's time for Florida man to step up and kill some snails.

 

[Doppel]

How come we never get anything worth a shit invading over here?

Floridians are thrilled to note that wild French truffles are invading the local forests.

Maine is pleasantly surprised to find schools of Japanese tuna off the local coast...

Nice.

Epidemic of Southern Belles invading South Dakota.

 

[sunzt]

survival of the fittest (slowest) Bitach!

 

[amddude]

It's time for Florida man to step up and kill some snails.

I am ready.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Just nuke Florida from orbit. Only way to be sure.

It obviously needs to be done, but not for the snails.

 

[IronWing]

Fortunately, we know how to kill them.

 

[Muadib]

Ok. I'll pour a line of salt around my yard.

Better yet, pour it on the snails. I loved doing that to their smaller cousins back in my youth.