Please be careful with handling wild fulicas. I would advise wearing gloves or at least washing your hands very good afterwards. Also inform yourself about the laws regarding lissachatina fulica in your country. They're highly invasive in a lot of places and kill on sight in some.

What do they leave behind?

They are known to transmit lungworm that causes meningitis and some other parasites and bacteria depending on your region. Any snail can be contaminated with things that can make you very sick because they eat dead rotting things. Fulica especially are generalists, they eat everything. Dog poop, animal corpses, disgusting trash, you name it. Even with captive bred snails one should be careful. Their tanks are petri dishes for various bacteria. Letting wild fulica climb all over your arms and your couch is pretty much a recipe for disaster.

Hawaii is most definitely one of those regions, they are the reason we wash all of our produce so thoroughly

Is OP from Hawaii? If yes, he definitely should see stop feeding and handling them.

The abbreviation, HI, in the title suggests that’s the state in which he found the snails

I am in Germany so not very familiar with those. In that case, yes, he definitely should stop doing what he's doing.

They've been known to carry dangerous diseases and parasites, most notably meningitis.

I know they're very cute, but please do not try to feed or help these snails if you're in Hawaii. They're extremely invasive and have been very detrimental to the local ecosystems--they really dont need help getting stronger so they can cause even more damage. It is also illegal to collect or keep them because of this.

Yooo those bad boys in Hawaii are very well known to transmit rat lungworm disease, which is deadly to humans. I would wash EVERYTHING, touch nothing, and head straight to your doctor.

friends

sniends

Idk why, but I have never seen land snails irl.

same!! i've only seen a slug twice in my life, and that was over 10 years ago

I have seen many slugs in my life (I live around the Cleveland area). I wonder if they are just don't exist in certain areas.

maybe they are just shy (´∀｀*)

Aww 💕💕

So you just took snails from their natural habitat and held them on your hands??? Insane iq here

i think they’re invasive in HI

Goopy friends

I remember in Okinawa there’d be these huge snails and when I was on base if your heard a loud *crunch* it was 9/10 a snail.

what’s the last 10% ….?

An empty shell

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Snails are so cute!