South Florida is under attack by a n army of African Land Snails that are eating the residents out of house and home, literally!
These particular snails are much different from the cute little ones we find in our back yards during spring because African Land Snails can grow to be as large as rats and love to chew through stucco and plaster.
The snails also make it a mission to devour every greenery in their path leading to a massive loss in crops and love the calcium found in stucco which is needed for their shells and their slime leaves behind a huge sticky mess.
If that wasn’t enough, the snails also carry a a parasitic lungworm that is hazardous to humans and can cause meningitis. Luckily, no illnesses have been reported, but the threat is still there since these snails lay up to 1,200 eggs a year and will be even more prominent in a few weeks when the rainy weather really kicks in!