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huge snails?
Posted on 10/24/16 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 10/24/16 at 2:04 pm
Took my son walking around Lake End Park in Morgan City and all over the rocks near the bayou were these huge snails the size of my fist. There were blobs of pink stuff on the rocks. Research shows these are invasive apple snails.
Anybody else encounter these fricking things?
Anybody else encounter these fricking things?
This post was edited on 10/24/16 at 2:05 pm
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Posted on 10/24/16 at 2:08 pm to kook
Apple snails. Yes invasive.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 2:09 pm to kook
They have shown up on the Diversion Canal in the past 6 months.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 2:23 pm to kook
see them on my swamp deer lease (not far from morgan city) and in bayou black. They are all over the place
Posted on 10/24/16 at 2:35 pm to kook
IIRC, snail kites eat the hell out of them. I could be very wrong though.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 2:47 pm to kook
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huge snails?
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Apple snails. Yes invasive.
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There were blobs of pink stuff on the rocks.
That is the eggs.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 2:52 pm to kook
make some garlic butter
Posted on 10/24/16 at 3:47 pm to kook
I have a ditch 3' wide and 60' long ditch in my front yard. Back in August when we were having all that rain my ditch kept about 6" of water in it, One night I counted 16 of them frickers in it. Me and my son had an apple snail throwing contest.
This post was edited on 10/24/16 at 3:48 pm
Posted on 10/24/16 at 4:00 pm to kook
Terrebonne parish is infested now too. Pretty much every ditch and fresh water bayou is crawling with them.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 4:42 pm to kook
Do they taste good?
Posted on 10/24/16 at 5:47 pm to kook
Apple snails are highly invasive. They feed on aquatic plants, and reproduce so quickly that they are basically the aquatic version of a feral hog. Also a huge rice pest in Asia. If those bastids get into SWLA as bad as SELA, the rice industry is in trouble.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 8:03 pm to kook
Edible?
Posted on 10/24/16 at 8:43 pm to kook
Smash them
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