Florida City Under Quarantine After Deadly Giant African Snail Detected
nypost | 6/20/2023 | Katherine DonleavyState officials placed part of a Florida city under quarantine Tuesday as they race to eradicate the invasive, parasite-carrying invasive giant African snail.
The 3.5-mile section of Miramar in Broward County — located just 11 miles west of Hollywood — will be covered in a metaldehyde-based molluscicide to exterminate the insects after a giant African snail was found in the area earlier this month.
Residents will be able to move out of the treatment area freely but are prevented from moving any plant-based supplies that could harbor the mammoth mollusk’s eggs.
“Under the quarantine, it is unlawful to move a giant African land snail or a regulated article, including, but not limited to, plants, plant parts, plants in soil, soil, yard waste, debris, compost or building materials, within, through or from the defined quarantine area without a compliance agreement,” the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced.
Destructive / harmful / resource-depleting — check
Illegal — check
Alien — check
Non-human — you racist homophobe!
Now we’ll see whether the government is actually slower than a snail…
“to exterminate the insects”
I’m no biologist, don’t even no how to define what a woman is, but are gastropods considered insects?
Good catch.
Follow their science.
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