Don't eat it! It has 3,000 to 6,000 parasites in its body.

Don't eat it! It has 3,000 to 6,000 parasites in its body.

As the temperature rises

In parks, wetlands, ponds, etc.

You will see clusters of pink eggs.

"Stick" to plants or walls

What animal left these behind?

Recently in Changsha, Hunan

Lianjiang Park and Yanghu Wetland

Many pink eggs appeared by the water.

On reeds and bridge piers

They all have their presence

According to local residents

I didn't see so many here last year.

This year, a sudden large-scale outbreak

You are well-informed

You must have heard of the golden apple snail.

It looks very similar to the delicious table snail

So because of eating golden apple snails

Parasitic infections caused by

Occurs from time to time

Yes, those in the pictures

The pink egg masses are the eggs laid by the golden apple snail

Its breeding season is from March to November each year.

May to August is the peak breeding season.

but

Some people even mistook it for a snail.

To prevent citizens from accidentally eating

Changsha Yanghu Wetland and Pingtang Street

The salvage and killing of golden apple snails has been organized

The golden apple snail is a host to many parasites

A golden apple snail contains parasites

The number of records ranges from 3,000 to 6,000.

Edible Apple Snail

Prone to parasitic infections

Causes symptoms such as headache, fever, and stiff neck

Severe cases can lead to dementia

Even death

Ingestion Cases

At the end of July 2017, a netizen posted a post about her experience: she ate local Erhai snails while traveling in Yunnan. After returning, she developed symptoms such as fever and leg pain. Because she was pregnant, she mistakenly thought that she was overworked and didn't pay much attention to it. Two weeks later, she began to have symptoms such as high fever and inability to stand. She had 6 lumbar punctures, took more than a dozen boxes of deworming medicine, and injected 300 bottles of water. Because of the use of hormones and drugs, her face and body were deformed, and she eventually had to terminate the pregnancy...

Apple snails and river snails

I can't tell the difference

Don't rush

Don’t forget to save this distinction map.

From size, color, screw mouth

Can be easily distinguished

Apple snails and river snails

Source: China Fire

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