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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by ghettochild(m): 11:13am On Jul 31, 2021
Agboriotejoye:
15 Giant Snails Capable Of Causing Rare Forms Of Meningitis Seized At US Airport



https://www.khou.com/article/life/animals/15-giant-snails-capable-of-rare-forms-meningitis-seized-houston-airport/285-621d0663-ee5f-4dd4-8d1c-401fbdb66927


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lke4t1PSCQI
Why would she carry live snails n not cook or fry them..??
Our people sef...
If she had gone with the already fried one...there is no case ooo..
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by JuanDeDios: 11:15am On Jul 31, 2021
Seun:
The US authorities like to exaggerate the danger of African Land snails. The main issue with the snails is that they are an invasive species. When released into a new habitat they can wreck havoc on ecosystems. They eat everything and multiply rapidly. They're not that dangerous. The "meningitis" thing is nothing but a scare tactic, but it's very effective.
I think the disease part is actually more worrisome than the invasion part. The only place GALS have ever "invaded" in the US is Florada, and that's because FL has a tropical climate. I doubt they can thrive in New York or even Texas.
One of the species of these snails may indeed carry the pathogen they're concerned about (which is destroyed by proper cooking).

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by Ishilove: 11:15am On Jul 31, 2021
grandstar:


Why carry indomie? They have tons of noodle varieties over there
If it is not indomie, it is not the same as indomie. Those other noodle brands are too bland

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by FORWARDEVERLY: 11:15am On Jul 31, 2021
Make Dem arrest her and detain her with fine sef..
Nigerians too do.. you dey travel go oversea and you wn carry every nonsense from Nigeria to their.. if you allow Nigerians they would turn US to destitute area like Sicily..
Nice one from the American authorities.. if you wn dey rear and eat snail.. do it in your country...
Nonsense..

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by sonofanarchy(m): 11:15am On Jul 31, 2021
Seun:
The US authorities like to exaggerate the danger of African Land snails. The main issue with the snails is that they are an invasive species. When released into a new habitat they can wreck havoc on ecosystems. They eat everything and multiply rapidly. They're not that dangerous. The "meningitis" thing is nothing but a scare tactic, but it's very effective.
seun you go sell Nairaland?
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by credon: 11:15am On Jul 31, 2021
Agboriotejoye:
Lalasticlala, they don't want us to eat snails again cheesy cheesy
grin
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by Nobody: 11:16am On Jul 31, 2021
Hahahha! The US is using Meningitis to scare americans. Lie lie ooooo. Well, that specie is notorious on crops. This is the real reason they dont want it. Those things are monsters if you have then in your farm. But to think of it, some people are gluttons. Dey hide snails inside luggage. Na this one's throat go send am to jail. Rubbish!

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by ibechris(m): 11:16am On Jul 31, 2021
Make them kuku call am IPOD because I have observed of late,whenever they want to kill anything in this world,they will shamelessly call it a bad name just to make it look terrible in the eyes of many.
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by Faithful007: 11:17am On Jul 31, 2021
pek:
Then half of Benin would have been wiped out by now. Every meat is safe or unsafe depending on how you process and cook it.
It doesn't happen immidiately. After several years, it leads to numerous diseases that eventually kill. All this things generally make Nigeria's life expectancy low.

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by lkillbrokehoes: 11:18am On Jul 31, 2021
osamz007:



Your moderators dey ban me too much this these days
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by Pacesetter123(m): 11:18am On Jul 31, 2021
Those their Agric experts are talking trash
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by yuping(m): 11:19am On Jul 31, 2021
Poor innocent snail �
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by descarado: 11:23am On Jul 31, 2021
Ishilove:
I wonder how the snails survived the trip.

She is lucky she was not made to pay destruction fees. grin

Imagine someone being charged $700 in destruction fees for importing 5 cartons of Indomie. Those useless customs officers in Atlanta gave her the option of re-exporting the indomie back to Nigeria, or paying the destruction fees.

She quietly abandoned the indomie for them and did not pick their calls again.

Tell me why someone will carry live snails all the way from Nigeria to US?
Why will she import indomie when all types are in African shops and online. Both made in Nigeria and Ghana
There are some risks that are not worth taking.

If that lady don't eat snail, she will not die. Or rather get dry one. That's a better alternative.
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by SEGLIZ: 11:24am On Jul 31, 2021
Seun:
The US authorities like to exaggerate the danger of African Land snails. The main issue with the snails is that they are an invasive species. When released into a new habitat they can wreck havoc on ecosystems. They eat everything and multiply rapidly. They're not that dangerous. The "meningitis" thing is nothing but a scare tactic, but it's very effective.

oga @Seun thanks for this o. this is the reason I dislike the american government they would destroy every good thing about to their own advantage.

don't be surprise the americans are busy culturing this snails for international market by so doing demonising the Nigerian specie to discourage the world from consuming it but their.

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by sylve11: 11:26am On Jul 31, 2021
kramer:


You don't know what you're talking about, some of these snails can harbor parasites that cause severe illness and even death. Please do your research

https://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/parasitic.html

Update: just realized it was Seun I quoted! Oga sorry sir ok, pls don't ban me grin

They don't know.

A snail saliva touched a friend of mine at night, in the morning the spot turned into a blister.

Nor be everything person supposed eat. cool

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by dreamwords: 11:28am On Jul 31, 2021
See food, american are missing a whole lot
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by Navix: 11:28am On Jul 31, 2021
Emax911:


unnecessary comment


You also wasted your own time in replying the unnecessary comment grin
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by kophy(m): 11:29am On Jul 31, 2021
Agboriotejoye:
15 Giant Snails Capable Of Causing Rare Forms Of Meningitis Seized At US Airport



https://www.khou.com/article/life/animals/15-giant-snails-capable-of-rare-forms-meningitis-seized-houston-airport/285-621d0663-ee5f-4dd4-8d1c-401fbdb66927


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lke4t1PSCQI
These ones na giant snail? if you come see one from Gabon wetin you go call am, I beg this one na normal snail. Immigration! go do your reaserch well.
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by AjalaDtraveller(f): 11:30am On Jul 31, 2021
Utter rubbish. I bought frozen snails while in America

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by sylve11: 11:31am On Jul 31, 2021
Reference:


Because we may have natural immunity aka, herd immunity built up over time and established in our populations which they may not have.
Be informed.

The Spanish and Portuguese adventures to the Americas in the dark ages wiped away hundreds of communities and thousands of native tribesmen who had no natural immunity to the diseases those Europeans carried. It still happens today and Covid has alerted the world to the grave dangers of cross border infections particularly from non native species of animals.

Every sensible government is on alert.

Loud it. cool
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by Nobody: 11:31am On Jul 31, 2021
Seun:
The US authorities like to exaggerate the danger of African Land snails. The main issue with the snails is that they are an invasive species. When released into a new habitat they can wreck havoc on ecosystems. They eat everything and multiply rapidly. They're not that dangerous. The "meningitis" thing is nothing but a scare tactic, but it's very effective.

The problem is they also affect the local biodiversity, which could have adverse effects on agriculture and so on. (There was a report on CNN about the issue back in the late 1990's focusing on an invasive specie of insect brought in on wood from china.)

Also, the meningitis thing may be a rare thing, but if they let it in, and some American catches something, and their family finds out ...that's a potential suit.

And it isn't only the US...Australia is far far more stricter.

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by authority2006(m): 11:33am On Jul 31, 2021
Seun:
The US authorities like to exaggerate the danger of African Land snails. The main issue with the snails is that they are an invasive species. When released into a new habitat they can wreck havoc on ecosystems. They eat everything and multiply rapidly. They're not that dangerous. The "meningitis" thing is nothing but a scare tactic, but it's very effective.

So, you still have time and interest to contribute to nairaland discussions?
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by apacheguy: 11:33am On Jul 31, 2021
Seun:
The US authorities like to exaggerate the danger of African Land snails. The main issue with the snails is that they are an invasive species. When released into a new habitat they can wreck havoc on ecosystems. They eat everything and multiply rapidly. They're not that dangerous. The "meningitis" thing is nothing but a scare tactic, but it's very effective.

Call it whatever you want, that's a system that's vigilant, they'll not allow into their country any item they're not sure will not pose a risk to their eco-system and human health.

As it is, it's an invasive specie which will definitely mean it has to be contained and well monitored which the traveler hasn't made provisions for, besides the American system isn't used to such specie as such not familiar enough in it's handling, in this part of the world we believed it's harmless, we shouldn't expect others to trust such unsubstantiated belief.

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by sylve11: 11:35am On Jul 31, 2021
Faithful007:
It doesn't happen immidiately. After several years, it leads to numerous diseases that eventually kill. All this things generally make Nigeria's life expectancy low.

See, they will never listen to you. cool

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by TheWolfen(m): 11:36am On Jul 31, 2021
Oga u all keep following oyibo ppl like zombie and you coming up with link of other people research. Did you carry out the research yourself? How many people in Nigeria died from just eating snails and what meningitis? By the time you prepared your food in an Africa way it kills off all microbes. Even the eggs and meat they eat in US there are also chances of them being infected by microorganisms..

Black man sef

kramer:


You don't know what you're talking about, some of these snails can harbor parasites that cause severe illness and even death. Please do your research

https://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/parasitic.html

Update: just realized it was Seun I quoted! Oga sorry sir ok, pls don't ban me grin

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by kense88: 11:37am On Jul 31, 2021
Ishilove:
I wonder how the snails survived the trip.

She is lucky she was not made to pay destruction fees. grin

Imagine someone being charged $700 in destruction fees for importing 5 cartons of Indomie. Those useless customs officers in Atlanta gave her the option of re-exporting the indomie back to Nigeria, or paying the destruction fees.

She quietly abandoned the indomie for them and did not pick their calls again.

Tell me why someone will carry live snails all the way from Nigeria to US?
Lol, indomie weh we dey rush here
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by descartes400: 11:40am On Jul 31, 2021
Seun:
The US authorities like to exaggerate the danger of African Land snails. The main issue with the snails is that they are an invasive species. When released into a new habitat they can wreck havoc on ecosystems. They eat everything and multiply rapidly. They're not that dangerous. The "meningitis" thing is nothing but a scare tactic, but it's very effective.

I was shocked when the in the report it was stated our African snail causes meningitis. That's a defamation on the deliciousness and nutritional value of this our native delicacy.Perhaps it's about time we too starts ascribing their genetic modified edeable products as having the potential of causing Covid 19 and deformity among our pregnant women. They should not scare us ooh!

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by TheWolfen(m): 11:42am On Jul 31, 2021
That is how they do. Nah black man no get sense



SEGLIZ:

oga @Seun thanks for this o. this is the reason I dislike the american government they would destroy every good thing about to their own advantage.

don't be surprise the americans are busy culturing this snails for international market by so doing demonising the Nigerian specie to discourage the world from consuming it but their.
Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by SEGLIZ: 11:49am On Jul 31, 2021
TheWolfen:
That is how they do. Nah black man no get sense




the sense no just dey at all.

a good and function government would have refute and attacked the us government by now.

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by kramer: 11:49am On Jul 31, 2021
TheWolfen:
Oga u all keep following oyibo ppl like zombie and you coming up with link of other people research. Did you carry out the research yourself? How many people in Nigeria died from just eating snails and what meningitis? By the time you prepared your food in an Africa way it kills off all microbes. Even the eggs and meat they eat in US there are also chances of them being infected by microorganisms..

Black man sef


I posted a link to the CDC's website and you're asking me if I still did the research myself? Should I also do my own research into covid before you can believe it exists? Black man indeed

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by SenecaTheYonger: 11:51am On Jul 31, 2021
Seun:
The US authorities like to exaggerate the danger of African Land snails. The main issue with the snails is that they are an invasive species. When released into a new habitat they can wreck havoc on ecosystems. They eat everything and multiply rapidly. They're not that dangerous. The "meningitis" thing is nothing but a scare tactic, but it's very effective.


Do you understand what you just said? You just called them invasive species. You know how many people have been slapped with millions of dollar fine for innocently releasing invasive species into an ecosystem they have no business being in?

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Re: 15 Giant Snails From Nigeria Seized At US Airport (Video) by Hassanmaye(m): 11:55am On Jul 31, 2021
illicit:
undecided

They don't know what they are saying
Haha

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