The home of the African giant snail is in Africa, and it was first a snail living in Africa, collectively known as the African giant snail family.
Native to eastern Africa, the African giant snail is one of the first 16 invasive alien species and is now very common in China and has even become widespread in some areas.
This snail is a delicacy for Africans, one of the meat sources of their daily lives, and one of their important sources of protein supplementation.
At present, this snail is rampant in China, and in the face of this delicious cuisine, Chinese foodies have retreated.
We know that although the African large snail is relatively large, it can usually grow to 7 to 8 centimeters, the largest is said to be 20 centimeters long, and the weight is about 30 grams, which is several times larger than the field snails we often eat.
But because African snails are very easy to breed bacteria in a humid climate, such an environment, so this snail has many parasites and pathogenic bacteria, and these bacteria cannot be eliminated by boiling alone.
If you eat this snail, improper handling, easy to spread various diseases, eating African snails is more harmful to the human body.
As we all know, China is a vast country, there are many meat food categories to choose from, and there are a variety of rich alternatives.
For health reasons, Chinese foodies will not eat when faced with African snails.
But it's different in Africa, which you know is poorer. Many places live in poverty.
It is difficult to eat all kinds of pork, beef, etc. as often as we usually do. Because of frequent starvation, how can you let go of such a succulent snail?
So eating this snail in Africa is a common phenomenon, after all, in the face of hunger, the choice to survive is the main thing, health relative to life, is not so important.
It is said that in Africa, this snail is almost extinct, and in order to meet the needs of the market, artificial farming has now begun.
But the snails have wreaked havoc in China, causing serious damage to China's agriculture, natural ecosystems and even human health.
I wonder what good way to eliminate African snails?