news·NewsbyCalcharger Parts of Florida's Broward County are under quarantine after giant African land snails were detected | CNNAttention Billionaries: The Snail has been Detected, its Time to Movehttps://www.cnn.com/2023/06/20/us/giant-african-land-snails-quarantine-broward-county-florida/index.htmlOpen linkView original on kbin.social43Comments13
scabrous-leper kbin.social@Calcharger I have long favored either sawing off the peninsula (ala Bugs Bunny), or at least a wall to keep Florida from contaminating the US...7
ggqphypocrisy kbin.socialIt's a good thing they have Governor ready to HELP them with this deadly problem!3
agentshags sh.itjust.worksRat Lungworm... Remember that Reddit story about the kid that got dared to eat a slug by his friends? Pretty sure that's what he got that ruined his life. Scary shit3
Flaky_Fish69 replykbin.social4Hide 4 repliesPretty sure escargot is with tiny snails…. Not snails the size of a school bus.2
bbukwirm replykbin.social1Hide 1 replyThey get to ~8" long, so they're only as big as a very, very small bus.2
@Calcharger I have long favored either sawing off the peninsula (ala Bugs Bunny), or at least a wall to keep Florida from contaminating the US...
It's a good thing they have Governor ready to HELP them with this deadly problem!
Rat Lungworm...
Remember that Reddit story about the kid that got dared to eat a slug by his friends?
Pretty sure that's what he got that ruined his life.
Scary shit
slightly less terrifying than the giant african hornets, but alas
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@Calcharger time to eat
Not a fan of escargot, pass.
@Calcharger it's an acquired taste.
Pretty sure escargot is with tiny snails…. Not snails the size of a school bus.
They are THAT BIG? Get the fuck outta here
They get to ~8" long, so they're only as big as a very, very small bus.
That's a very small bus
well, I might be exaggerating. the size of a short bus.