The Fuchsia snail and the snail are two different species. The Fuchsia snail belongs to the genus Fuchsia in the family Bottlesnail, also known as the large bottlesnail and the apple snail, while snails refer to all the terrestrial species of the class Gastropoda.
Super large snails, or African large snails, which may also be called brown cloud agate snails, vegetable snails, flower snails, etc., are medium to large land snails. Adult shell length is generally 7-8 centimeters, the largest can grow to more than 20 centimeters. Mostly active in wet environments, it likes to come out in rain and at night, so it will pop up like crazy after rain. ? Its diet can include crops, forest trees, vegetables, flowers and other plants, and it also feeds on paper and companion carcasses when hungry, and can even gnaw and digest cement, which can harm more than 500 crops. ? As one of the first 16 invasive species in China, it can be considered a big scourge, the harm to crops, flowers and trees, known as "field killers".
In addition, the African snail is the intermediate host of many human and animal parasites and pathogenic bacteria, according to the relevant literature reports, in Guangzhou, the African snail Guangzhou nematode infection rate of 27.3%, the degree of infection of 72 / snail; in Shenzhen, one African snail in the body of the hundreds of parasites. Infected African snails may contain larvae of C. elegans in their bodies, excreta, and even the mucus left behind after crawling. So if not handled well and cooked properly, people eating this snail may get infected with this kind of parasite, resulting in meningitis, visual damage and even blindness. From this point of view, we still do not hold the curiosity to taste the psychology to eat the African snail, and try not to be curious to touch it, especially children because the African snail mucus, feces may contain parasites.
What are some of the foods that can harbor parasites?
1, Fusiliers ? Fukushou snail and African snails have a fight, the same invasive species, and all for the middle host of the Guangzhou tube round nematode, it is said that the Fukushou snail contains a large number of parasites, can be as many as 3,000 to more than 6,000. However, the taste of the snail itself is not good, not good at all, so few people will eat it exclusively. ? Only, there are some unscrupulous merchants will be it "cats for princes", it will be sold as snails, and if you eat raw or eat uncooked snail meat, you may be infected with Guangzhou tubular nematode disease. Infected with this disease, nematode larvae will invade the human brain, damage the central nervous system, resulting in meningitis, severe dementia, or even death. ? So, when eating all kinds of snails, be careful to identify their species and always cook them well and thoroughly! Beware of parasites!
2, not fully cooked snake meat, frog meat ? Snakes and frogs are the main host of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, incorrectly consumed or raw food frogs, snakes may be infected with Schizosaccharomyces pombe, such as some rural areas have raw frogs to cure the disease of the recipe, there are some people, like to eat the snake gall bladder, drink snake blood may cause Schizosaccharomyces pombe infection. There are also folk remedies that snake skin and frog skin have the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins, which can help wound recovery. However, if the snake skin or frog skin is infected with parasites, and the snake skin or frog skin is used to touch the wound directly, people may also be infected with parasites. ? Bullfrogs are also a delicacy that many people like to try. However, eating undercooked bullfrogs can also lead to parasitic infections