[BUSINESSINSIDER] Florida plant detectives are on the trail of a slippery foe, an invasive African land snail that is wily, potentially infectious, and can grow as big as a tennis shoe.We seen dis movie...
In the four years since Giant African Snails were discovered in Miami, they have slowly but surely spread to new territory, alarming residents in the southern suburbs and the neighboring county of Broward.
I really liked the part where all the people were fighting to get out of Fort Lauderdale...
Their slimy tracks have led agricultural experts on an odyssey of discovery about animal behavior, folk religion, and the precise amount of chemicals and cash it takes to kill the world's biggest gastropods.
... so then the second banana sez something like "I'll take that with a grain of salt!" and the hero sez "Murphy! That's it!" and then the Air Force drops all these salt bombs, and the hero rescues the girl...
Movie doesn't end until the hero gets to kiss the pretty girl...
Since 2011, Florida has spent $10.8 million on the Giant African Snail eradication program, according to state agriculture department front man Mark Fagan.
... and they go walking off into the sunset past all these empty snail shells that are as big as houses...
| HGTV series on renovating giant snail shells for housing to follow. |