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Deadly giant snail found in Houston
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| 05-08-2013
| By Andrew Rafferty, Staff Writer,
Posted on 05/08/2013 6:25:41 AM PDT by Red Badger
Residents of a Houston neighborhood are being warned to stay away from giant African land snails after a woman found one in her garden and snapped a photo of it.
The snails, researchers warn, are potentially dangerous to touch, in part because they can carry meningitis. Scientists have warned anyone who comes in contact with them to wash their hands thoroughly.
"They also carry a parasitic disease that can cause a lot of harm to humans and sometimes even death," Autumn Smith-Herron, director of the Institute for the Study of Invasive Species at Sam Houston State University, told NBC Houston affiliate KPRC.
A woman gardening in the Briar Forest neighborhood of Houston found the snail and notified workers at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center who deal with invasive plants. It is the first reported sighting of the mollusk in Texas, and no one seems to know how it got there.
The giant snails can lay 100 eggs per month, and though only one has been found, it is believed more are in the area.
Jack Fendrick, who lives near where the slimy giant was discovered, said he will do his part to warn of the potentially deadly snails.
"I think most kids especially would look at a big snail and want to touch it," he said. "That's scary."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Florida; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: food; gardening; snail
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To: Red Badger
So where did it come from, Calipornia, New Yawk??!!
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:28:48 AM PDT
by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: Red Badger
they can carry meningitis There goes the possibility of eradication via a good gumbo recipe...
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:29:25 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Red Badger
It’s obvious that Obama or one of his dorky minions once touched a member of that snail family years ago...and the poor snails were infected.
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:30:25 AM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:30:45 AM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: US Navy Vet
Africa via some exotic pet owner most likely.......
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:30:54 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
To: thackney
I’m betting some pigs or chickens would clear the problem right up.
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:32:10 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:32:11 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Red Badger
How did Harry Reid find his way to Houston?
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:32:37 AM PDT
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell, Huxley and Rand warned us about 0bama's USA)
To: MrB
If pigs were the answer, they would not be in Texas.
We are overrun with Feral hogs. Even getting into the suburban neighborhoods.
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:33:08 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: thackney
Wouldn’t the meningitis be killed by the heat?
To: thackney
yes, I’ve heard (herd) they’re a problem...
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05/08/2013 6:34:16 AM PDT
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MrB
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:35:28 AM PDT
by
deoetdoctrinae
(The Old White Flag Republicans can go straight to He// and take their pal Obama with them!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:37:16 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
To: Red Badger
The snails, researchers warn, are potentially dangerous to touch, in part because they can carry meningitis. Scientists have warned anyone who comes in contact with them to wash their hands thoroughly.
Wait so am I dead... is this the after life?.. Cause when I grew up in Africa whenever it rained there were dozens of these guys around and we all played with them as kids...
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:37:21 AM PDT
by
battousai
(Conservatives are racist? YES, I hate stupid white liberals.)
To: rarestia
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:38:09 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: battousai
“chance of”, for this generation of Americans, is “ooh nooo! scary! don’t touch! deadly!”
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:39:58 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Puppage
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:40:16 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: MrB
Look at that S Car Go!LOL
A fellow connoisseur of bad puns.
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:43:11 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Gadsden1st
Wouldnt the meningitis be killed by the heat? I would guess so. Would you feel hungry thinking the rat lungworm you were about eat should be dead?
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posted on
05/08/2013 6:47:34 AM PDT
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thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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