Agriculture-devastating and parasitic-carrying giant African land snails are threatening parts of Broward County. Wed, 29 Jan 2025 22:25:23 GMT (1738189523076) Story Infinite Scroll ...

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Pellet slug and snail baits are the most commonly used option due to their longevity, but pellets are primarily made up of wheat, which attract birds, squirrels, chipmunks, dogs, and other animals.

The appearance of the snails caused the state’s agriculture department to place parts of the second-largest county in Florida in quarantine, making it illegal to move the animals.

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Baits must be placed throughout the affected area because the tiny animals do not travel far. Bait must be placed near where slugs and snails hide during the day. More importantly, the baits can ...

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The state will treat properties in the area with a molluscicide (snail bait) 26 times, followed by several surveys — including one performed by a dog specially trained to detect the snails.

Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which helps them survive in oxygen-poor water in the deep ocean.

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Authorities are hopeful they can control it, as they have developed a poisonous bait that the snails like but other natural animals don’t like. It will be a long battle though.

It sounds like a horror movie. Night of the Giant Snails! Stucco-snacking, disease-carrying mollusks invade Florida in 3D! But it's real. Florida issued a quarantine order after the June 23 ...