Wednesday, April 17, 2013

They Climbin' in Yo' Window, They Snatchin' Yo' Parsley Up!

Fuck.
Invasive species. Annoying, ecosystem disrupting, sometimes delicious invaders. Generally, people uneducated in ecology or apathetic assholes end up transporting species across natural barriers that they never would have access across. I've worked with buckthorn and lady beetles, and I've applied for jobs fighting zebra muscles, but, apart from cane toads, this one gets closest to a B-list horror film. Snails the size of rats have invaded Florida. It's tough to feel a shiver of terror at a snail, but these suckers will eat at least 500 species of Florida plants and the stucco on your house, they carry a scary meningitis called rat lungworm, and their pointy, waffle cone shells will end your tires. I doubt the snail is going to get out of the road for you, so take a spare tire if you're going to Snail World Disney World. Here is a video of a dog and his awkward cop person explaining how to not bring about the snai-pocalypse. Let the playlist run, and you can watch random people hate on snails.





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