First the NRA Convention and Then THIS Shows Up. Coincidence? Unlikely.
Just as the NRA, Sarah Palin, Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, Glen Beck and Rick Santorum leave Houston after the NRA convention, three days later this was discovered in a Houston garden.
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A woman in the Briarforest subdivision of Houston was gardening yesterday and found the snail.
The snails, researchers warn, are potentially dangerous to touch, in part because they can carry meningitis. Scientists have warned anyone who comes in contact with them to wash their hands thoroughly.
“They also carry a parasitic disease that can cause a lot of harm to humans and sometimes even death,” Autumn Smith-Herron, director of the Institute for the Study of Invasive Species at Sam Houston State University, told NBC Houston affiliate KPRC.
They say that the snail lays about 100 eggs a month which makes me suspect a Santorium parentage.
Scientists have no idea how they got here, but all I’m saying is that none were found before Sarah Palin came to town.
If you see one, you should walk away as slowly as you can to at least give it a sporting chance to catch you.
The thing on it’s back looks like Palin’s ‘Bumpit’.
1The slime comes from Rafael Cruz.
Funny, immediately i thought – that sucker is not going to fit on my escargot plate
2I was thinking escargot too and by golly, if they’ll fit on a dinner plate that is a lot of meat. You think cooking would make them safe to eat? Just put ’em in a bucket with corn meal for a couple of weeks and cook ’em up with plenty of garlic and whatever else. Of course you could cook cardboard the same way and it would taste good….
3Or you could make attack snails from them, train them and let them loose in strategic places….
HEADLINE: Slimy, Parasitic, Small-Brained Creatures Found in Houston Last Week-Woman Also Finds Snail
4If these are the African Land Snails that they are having a problem with in Miami, they eat approximately 500 different types of vegetation, will puncture your tire if you drive over one, and eat thru plaster and stucco. Apparently, their slime trail is significant and a slip and fall hazard. Also, the one in the picture is actually small. they can get to be the size of a rat. So far, they have collected 117,000 of the critters in Miami.
5Yea! David nails it.
6Go, David, go!
7You could sell the shells too, for garden ornaments. I sure hope none make it to Austin. I don’t need any new projects. Donna, your message is scary. How can you kill them? With salt? or do you need a gun? How about a bow and arrow? 8 foot steel T post? I am serious. I don’t carry.
8Eewww! Somebody’s koi pond probably yielded that sucker! I shall purchase a big box of ice cream salt, just in case!
9@Marge: you know that in Texas, we solve every problem with a gun! Blast ’em!
Speaking of Sarah Palin (I digress), did anyone else think that Trump-like streaky hairpiece stuck on top of her head was unusually lopsided and tacky?
10David FTW.
Maybe Sarah the Grifter can shoot the big suckers from a golf cart so she can feel better about herself.
11@Glyn, I understand SarahPac is running out of money, so I think they probably fired her hairdresser, or else Trig, Trap or Crap decided to quit helping her.
12According to my extensive research, the fastest recorded speed for a garden snail was 0.03 miles per hour, so that Briarforest critter should be able to at least double that, I think.
By the way, I read somewhere that the snail deeply resents being compared to the likes of Beck, Palin et. al. “I slime ‘cuz that’s what I do,” he squeaked. “Those others guys get paid for their slime!”
13Let’s just change snail to NRA Member:
The NRA Members, researchers warn, are potentially dangerous, in part because they can conceal and carry. Scientists have warned anyone who comes in contact with NRA Members to watch their hands thoroughly.
“They also can cause a lot of harm to humans and sometimes even death,” Autumn Smith-Herron, director of the Institute for the Study of Invasive Species at Sam Houston State University, told NBC Houston affiliate KPRC.
14Do a DNA test on its slime and see which suspect it is related to.
15Republicans should use that image of the snail for their mascot, instead of an elephant. Would be much more correct.
16Snail slime ?!?!
Just made my day!
17I’m in the escargot camp. You should check that out. Organic food is expensive.
18Love the article. Loved the comment by David. I wish I could think of something clever to say. Just wanted to say this was a cool article, and the comments also cool.
19Diane, you were close. Snail leave a trail of slime. Republicans leave a trail of sleaze.
20Now, if every gardener carried a loaded weapon, this wouldn’t be a problem, would it?
I think we should start making ornamental baskets out of their shells, like they used to do with dillos. Once that becomes a fad, the free market will take care of them.
See, conservatism has the Right Answer for every problem.
21Took one look at that picture and thought to myself, we are gonna need a lot more cocktail sauce.
22Sarah Palin, Paul Ryan and that funky snail stroll into a bar. The bartender points back out the door and tells Sarah and Paul to vamoose. The slug can stay cuz he ain’t given to lyin about his marathon times.
23Best post on ‘Texas slime evasion’ yet. Thank you, Juanita Jean. Keep up the good work.
24You guys make me laugh. Great blog post and comments.
25lless, if that bartender servers beer to the snail/slug, he’s a goner, too. Stale beer (why use the good stuff?) is another way to get rid of the pesky creatures (apparently they are drawn to the smell) and won’t do the harm to plants that salt might do. Unfortunately, as big as this one is, it would take entirely too much beer. Here’s some other ideas, all but one “organic.” http://www.weekendgardener.net/how-to/snails-slugs.htm
26The cheaper the beer, the betta…mo malt! and kudos, David…that snail is BIG, maybe it could get a movie role!
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