African Giant Snails For The Win
Just like every part of the palm tree is used for one thing or the other, so it is for the snail🐌 too. Absolutely nothing goes to waste. The flesh is used for meat, said to be highly nutritious and low in cholesterol. The slime is used for cosmetic products that can help to regenerate skin cells and heal wounds. The shell is blended and used for poultry feeds or fertilizer! Yep yep, didn't know about that until this story.
So there is also a huge market out there for the African giant snails that are in abundance in the country. People are buying these up and exporting to other countries like the UK, America and Europe...but to send to America, the snails need to be cleaned and freezed, but for other countries, they can be exported alive as far as you do a proper documentation and meet the required health approval of the said country. America considers the creature as a highly voracious and invasive pest that poses a risk to agriculture, the environment and public health.
Before now, snails were gotten in the wild. My mom told me stories of how they usually go for snail hunting back in the day, especially after a huge rainfall in the night, but now snails can be domestically reared either in captive or a free range farm,
The African giant snail is native to East and West Africa, mostly found in shrubs and wetlands. Snails are hermaphrodites, both the mail and female can lay eggs. During unfavourable conditions, they can stay in their shell for more than six months without eating or moving...yeah right, that is why you see the white cyst covering its opening.
Have you ever tried peppered snails😋?
Link to video
So there is also a huge market out there for the African giant snails that are in abundance in the country. People are buying these up and exporting to other countries like the UK, America and Europe...but to send to America, the snails need to be cleaned and freezed, but for other countries, they can be exported alive as far as you do a proper documentation and meet the required health approval of the said country. America considers the creature as a highly voracious and invasive pest that poses a risk to agriculture, the environment and public health.
Before now, snails were gotten in the wild. My mom told me stories of how they usually go for snail hunting back in the day, especially after a huge rainfall in the night, but now snails can be domestically reared either in captive or a free range farm,
The African giant snail is native to East and West Africa, mostly found in shrubs and wetlands. Snails are hermaphrodites, both the mail and female can lay eggs. During unfavourable conditions, they can stay in their shell for more than six months without eating or moving...yeah right, that is why you see the white cyst covering its opening.
Have you ever tried peppered snails😋?
Link to video
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