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Shocked Invasion of giant African snails in S.Florida:
This is strange and alarming!


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This is strange and alarming!
First I was thinking, "Mmmmm.... escargot!" until they mentioned their slime containing parasites carrying meningitis cooking wouldn't kill them, eh?)

....Then I remembered that infestation in the Salton Sea in the '50s!


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This movie was just on TMC not too long ago....LOL

I watched most of it too! LOLOL
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Rat Lungworm disease information

Rat Lungworm disease has been documented in Australia, Asia, the Pacific region, the Caribbean and the United States.

Most infections are not severe but in the worst cases rat lungworm disease causes severe meningitis and death.

Humans can contract Rat Lungworm disease by eating snails and slugs or material contaminated by slugs and snails. The best way to prevent infection is good sanitation; always wash hands after touching slugs and snails or surfaces contaminated by them.

It is also important to thoroughly wash and cook any produce that could be contaminated. Never eat raw snails or slugs.

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Thanks Lara....

This thread is getting more squeamish by the day!


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I know. Ever since I heard about this awful disease I've been very careful washing the lettuce and such. I'd never heard of it before this story aired here.
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This movie was just on TMC not too long ago....LOL

I watched most of it too! LOLOL
I grew up in the late '50s/early '60s with television as my "nanny". While other kids parents read them Grimm or Dr. Seuss, mine read me Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke, Verne, and Wells, so I've had an affinity for old movies - science fiction in particular - since early childhood. The first book I read on my own was I, Robot.

Finding gems like Monster... was never hard on late, late shows, but since AMC (before they went commercial) and TCM began showing them unedited and without commercials, we B-movie fans have been blessed and vindicated. (And before anyone mentions it, yes, my DW & I - both - are MSTies...
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Much of our collection (including Monster That Challenged the World) is still on VC, but they DO help distract one from chronic pain some of the time....

Many gems can also be found on the
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Hubby is a huge SciFi fan. He has a gazillion books, and he rereads them even.

I've read some and I did like you, Dr. Smith,..watch the B/W
Sat movies when I was young.

We had a local goofy actor, Sir Graves Ghastly, who hosted the movies on Sat afternoons... it was good fun.

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Have you read the Repairman Jack novels? If not you really should. Nightworld has quotes in every chapter from that era.
The author, F.Paul Wilson who is a medical doctor BTW, is also a SciFi fan. Many of the books delve into the great old SciFi/horror era.
Nightworld is being rewritten and should be out soon.

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Hi Mrs. D, thanks for the snail advice. Hope they don't come to this coast. I live near tampa. Too bad we can't eat them! ginnie
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