Recently, it has rained frequently.
Many people have found a kind of big snail in the community and in the park.
This snail is as big as a fist.
Some people will squat on the roadside to play with it...
Don't touch it!
This kind of snail is The giant African snail
1 It contains hundreds of worms
This kind of giant snail that appears after the rain is truly called the African giant snail, also known as the brown cloud agate snail (yes, snails and snails actually belong to same family).
It is the largest snail in the world. Its hometown is in eastern Africa, and Africans still love to eat it.
In China, Xiamen University is the place where the African giant snail was first discovered in written records in China.
In the first half of the 20th century, an overseas Chinese accidentally carried the eggs and young snails of the giant African snail in the plants shipped back to China from Singapore . After that, the giant snails began to breed in Xiamen and further spread to other regions. It became one of the first 16 invasive alien species in my country.
This "behemoth" eats unambiguously. All kinds of vegetables, crops, plants, and trees in the fields are all eaten away. Wherever it goes, not a blade of grass grows. It has been classified as an entry and exit item by our country. Quarantine pests.
The scariest thing is
The giant African snails born in the wild are very dirty!
Their mucus or feces may carry many parasites and pathogenic bacteria, especially Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which can cause meningoencephalitis or meningitis and other diseases.
Children have low immunity
If you are curious and touch the giant African snail
you are more likely to get infected!
After Angiostrongylus cantonensis enters the human body, it will parasitize in the human central nervous system or cerebrospinal fluid, and may cause fatal meningitis.
In Shenzhen, the infection rate of Angiostrongylus cantonensis is 31.0%, and the infection degree is between 89.2-154.2 snails/snail. In other words, a giant African snail may have hundreds of these parasites on it.
In addition to the giant African snail, apple snails and slugs (ie slugs ) are also the intermediate hosts that Angiostrongylus cantonensis likes, and their final host is the mouse.
Can this kind of snail be eaten?
Some netizens asked, "Can African giant snails be eaten?" They tried to solve this big problem by eating, but the answer is not!
It carries a lot of pathogenic bacteria and must not be eaten!
In March 2018, domestic and foreign media reported that a 19-year-old rugby player in Sydney, Australia, was infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis after eating several raw slugs, causing his limbs to become paralyzed, and finally died of complications.
In 1985, all nine members of a Taiwanese family were infected with the parasite after eating undercooked giant African snails.
In 1999, a family of six in Taichung were all infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis, leading to meningitis after eating organic vegetables that had been crawled by snails.
So
when we see giant African snails on the road
don’t touch them, don’t step on them
and don’t pick them up and take them home to eat!
In addition, in order to avoid infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis, do not eat other snail meat raw.
How to prevent parasites?
Experts say
Eating giant African snails is extremely harmful
Eating them after cooking is still risky!
To avoid being infected with "Angiostrongylus cantonensis"
you must do the following three things:
Avoid direct contact with damaged skin and mucous membranes with the excrement, mucus, and tissues of the African giant snail. If you come into contact accidentally, you should clean your hands in time;
Pay attention Separate snails from food to prevent fruits, vegetables, salads and other foods from being contaminated by snails;
do not eat raw or half-cooked snail meat; African giant snails must not be eaten even if they are cooked.
In short, to be on the safe side, if you encounter a giant African snail, it’s best to avoid it and don’t stop!
What other measures can effectively prevent parasites↓
The correct way to deal with giant African snails
If you find a large number of giant African snails in the community: you can tell the property management company to deal with it, or a company that specializes in killing pests and diseases can also deal with it. Do not do it yourself Disposal.
If you find a few giant African snails at home: You can use the salt at home to treat them.When snails are sprinkled with salt, their soft parts will melt into water and die.
Comprehensive: National Emergency Broadcasting Network, Guangdong Disease Control, Xinhua News Agency , Guangxi Disease Control
Source: Nanning Radio and Television Station
