{"id":68051,"date":"2022-07-05T21:18:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T21:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/giant-african-snail-spotted-in-florida-what-we-know-about-most-damaging-snail-in-the-world"},"modified":"2022-07-05T21:18:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T21:18:03","slug":"giant-african-snail-spotted-in-florida-what-we-know-about-most-damaging-snail-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/giant-african-snail-spotted-in-florida-what-we-know-about-most-damaging-snail-in-the-world","title":{"rendered":"Giant African snail spotted in Florida: What we know about most damaging snail in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Giant African snails can lead to giant problems.A giant African snail sighting in Florida enacted a quarantine over parasite concerns. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services confirmed a giant African land snail was spotted in New Port Richey on June 23. Here are some things to know about the creature, which can grow to be the size of an adult hand.What are giant African land snails?Giant African land snails, also known as giant African snails, are an invasive species that are a threat to plants, homes and people&#8217;s health. The snails have no natural enemies in the U.S., and they&#8217;re most active at night and often burrow underground by day. They prefer tropical climates (scroll down to see why they&#8217;re such a problem for Florida) but can endure cold and snow.What do giant African snails eat?The giant African snails are one of the world&#8217;s most invasive species. They are the most damaging snails in the world.They eat leaves,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giant African snails can lead to giant problems. A giant African snail sighting in Florida enacted a quarantine over parasite concerns. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services confirmed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[185,351],"class_list":["post-68051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}