Apple Snail Invades Langan Park Lake

Alabama Mobile A new type of animal has invaded the lake at Langan Park in Mobile. If you look closely you'll see pink clusters of eggs belonging to the South American Apple Snail.

by Kesshia Peyton

Published: Tue, June 24, 2008 - 3:38 pm CST

A new type of animal has invaded the lake at Langan Park in Mobile.
If you look closely, you'll see pink clusters of eggs belonging to the South American Apple Snail.
Thousands have showed up in the park's lake and it doesn't look they're leaving anytime soon.
Wildlife officials believe someone may have dumped their aquarium into the lake, creating a breeding ground for the snails.
The snails could destroy the habitat for all the other animals living in the water and that's why pet stores no longer sell them.
"They're now considered a nuisance animal and they're afraid of them getting loose which is exactly what has happened. And it could harm wherever they've gotten into, could harm that ecosystem so that's why it's a problem," said B&B Pet Stop Owner Bill Trufant.
State wildlife officials say they are talking to other states to see how they're handling the Apple Snail problem.
They say it might be impossible to remove them, because thousands of snails hatch every week.

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AEMINDaphne Says:

Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 8:55 am

Bama Bob- I will NEVER watch his program again! He lost all credibility with his tirade.

carl Says:

Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 8:53 am

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I show don’t want to be holding them! Lou Dobbs comments were just about the same as he always talks about us small foreign countries. ALABAMAIA doesn’t sound all that bad.

BamaBob Says:

Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 8:41 am

Can’t get over how ugly that snail is!

Lou Dobbs (former Seattle news anchor) really rubbed me the wrong way too. His rhetoric was completely unfounded and designed to titillate emotional feelings absolutely void of any practical interpretation of the contract award.

&*$&%#&^%

AEMINDaphne Says:

Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 8:31 am

While we are sending the apple snails to Boeing, lets send them to Lou Dobbs as well. His performance on his show regarding Northrup Gruman/EADS was absolutely tasteless. Basically threw a hissy fit and blasted us lower Alabamians.

carl Says:

Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 5:05 am

I hear they taste just like chicken. not chicken fingers or popcorn chicken ,call these chicken droppings and send them to Boeing. they would lap it up and then send them some of those rabbit smart pills to top it off.

pacerpadre Says:

Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 7:52 pm

“We would like to offer Boeing some of our finest caviar…”

BamaBob Says:

Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 6:36 pm

Good luck with that plan! I don’t think a whole bottle of BBQ sauce could hid the ugly on that snail!!!! lol

rmseek1234 Says:

Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 6:23 pm

We might need to go salvage these things-we could sell them as redneck escargot! Put some BBQ on them and serve them to those Yankees, along with the fingers.

BamaBob Says:

Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 6:19 pm

ha ha ha ha Yep!

rmseek1234 Says:

Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 6:17 pm

Well no we couldn’t stop them at the border. Because don’t we have a defective border fence built by-hmmmm????-Boeing?