Recently, rainy weather has been frequent
Many people are in the community and in the park
A large snail was found
This snail is as big as a fist
As wide as a palm
Some people think it's cute
Crouch on the side of the road to tease it
This snail is an African large snail with 100 worms in it
This large snail that haunts after the rain is called the African snail, also known as the brown cloud agate snail (yes, snails and snails actually belong to the same family).
It is the world's largest snail, its home is in east Africa, and Africans still love to eat it.
In China, Xiamen University is the site of the earliest discovery of the African giant snail in China.
In the first half of the 20th century, an overseas Chinese transported plants back to China from Singapore inadvertently carried eggs and young snails from the African giant snail, after which the giant snail began to breed in Xiamen and spread further to other regions. It became one of the first 16 invasive alien species on the mainland.
This "giant beast" eats unequivocally, all kinds of vegetables, crops, plants, trees in the field, all swept away, wherever it goes, there is no grass, it has been listed by the mainland as a second-class quarantine pest entering and leaving the country.
The scariest thing is that the African giant snail born in the wild is very dirty!
They may carry many parasites and pathogens in their mucus or feces, especially The Guangzhou Tube Strongyloides, which can cause diseases such as meningoencephalitis or meningitis.
Children have low immunity, if you are curious to touch the African snail, it is easier to be recruited!
After entering the human body, Guangzhou tube roundworm will parasitize in the human central nervous system or cerebrospinal fluid, which may cause fatal meningitis.
In Shenzhen, the infection rate of Guangzhou tube roundworm was 31.0%, and the infection rate was between 89.2 and 154.2 strips/snail.
In other words, an African snail is likely to have 100 such parasites.
In addition to the African giant snail, Fushou snails and slugs (i.e., slugs) are also the intermediate hosts preferred by Guangzhou tube worms, and their final host is mice.
Can this snail be eaten?
Some netizens opened their minds and asked , "Can African snails eat them?" "Trying to solve this big trouble with eating, the answer is not to eat!"
It carries a lot of pathogen bacteria on its body and should not be eaten!
In March 2018, domestic and foreign media reported that a 19-year-old football player in Sydney, Australia, had been infected with Guangzhou tubeworm and was paralyzed by complications because he had eaten several slugs raw.
And that's not even the worst:
In 1985, a family of nine in Taiwan became infected with the parasite after eating uncooked African giant snails.
In 1999, after eating organic vegetables crawled by snails, a taichung family of six people were all infected with Guangzhou strong nematode, resulting in meningitis.
So, we see African snails on the road, don't touch, don't step on, and don't pick them up and eat them!
In addition, in order to avoid infection with Guangzhou tube roundworm, do not eat other snails raw.
How to prevent parasites?
Experts say
Eating African large snails is extremely harmful
Eating after cooking is still risky!
To avoid infection with "Guangzhou tube roundworm"
Specifically, we must do the following 3 points:
Avoid direct contact with the excreta, mucus and tissues of the African giant snail from broken skin and mucous membranes, and clean your hands in time if you are not in contact with them;
Pay attention to the isolation of snails from food, and avoid snail contamination of vegetables, fruits, salads and other foods;
Do not eat raw or half-cooked snail meat; African giant snails should never be eaten even when cooked.
All in all, to be on the safe side, when encountering African big snails, it is better to go around and not stay!
What other measures can be effectively prevented from parasites ↓
The right way to handle the African giant snail
A large number of African snails are found in the community: you can tell the property to deal with it, and companies that specialize in killing pests and diseases can also deal with it, and do not dispose of it yourself.
If a small number of African large snails are found at home: salt treatment can be used at home. After the snail is sprinkled with table salt, the soft part will melt into water and die.
Comprehensive 丨National Emergency Broadcasting Network, Guangdong Disease Control, Xinhua News Agency, Guangxi Disease Control
Source: Guangxi News Channel