{"id":62576,"date":"2025-09-09T15:02:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T09:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=62576"},"modified":"2025-09-09T15:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T09:32:44","slug":"giant-african-snail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/giant-african-snail\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant African Snail"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Giant African Snail Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, experts warned that the Giant African Snail\u2019s (Lissachatina fulica) presence poses serious risks to Chennai city residents.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Giant African Snail<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the common name for <\/span><b>several large African land snail species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 The most damaging of these <\/span><b>pests is Lissachatina fulica.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one of the <\/span><b>world&#8217;s worst invasive species.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is known to eat more than <\/span><b>500 types of crops and ornamental plants<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>native to East Africa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but it has been widely introduced to other parts of the world through the <\/span><b>pet trade, as a food resource<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and by accidental introduction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It thrives in <\/span><b>warm tropical climates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>mild temperatures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> all year round and high humidity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is found in <\/span><b>agricultural areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, coastal areas and wetlands, natural and planted forests, riparian zones, <\/span><b>scrublands and shrublands, and the urban zones.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Food:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mature, adult snails generally feed on decaying organic matter, including garbage, fallen fruit and animal manure<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Adverse Impact of Giant African Snail on Humans<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a threat to animals and people because it can <\/span><b>transmit parasites such as rat lungworm and other diseases.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recent study warned that the snail is a <\/span><b>vector for parasitic nematodes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as <\/span><b>Angiostrongylus cantonensis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>A. costaricensis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which cause eosinophilic <\/span><b>meningoencephalitis (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">brain infection) and <\/span><b>abdominal angiostrongyliasis in humans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These infections often spread through ingestion of <\/span><b>contaminated gastropods<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or their residues.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/chennai\/spotted-in-city-invasive-snail-species-poses-health-risks\/articleshow\/123776223.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giant African Snail is one of the world&#8217;s worst invasive species. Read more about Giant African Snail, Habitat, Food, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":62584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2577],"class_list":{"0":"post-62576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-giant-african-snail","9":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}