Giant African Land Snails in the Florida Gardening forum

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crawgarden

Jul 2, 2022 3:46 PM CST

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Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)

Florida officials plan to eradicate giant African land snails, again
Back in 2018, the Florida agriculture commissioner described these types of snails as a "triple threat" because of the potential harm to human health, the environment and agriculture.
Read in NPR: https://apple.news/AmnB-jzDcQR...

As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

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sunkissed

Jul 3, 2022 6:21 AM CST

Name: Sherri
Central Florida (Zone 9b)

crawgarden said: Florida officials plan to eradicate giant African land snails, again
Back in 2018, the Florida agriculture commissioner described these types of snails as a "triple threat" because of the potential harm to human health, the environment and agriculture.
Read in NPR: https://apple.news/AmnB-jzDcQR...

Holy Moly, I've never seen any snail that size, crazy, another freaky thing in Flor-ee-da...sheesh!