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With Monsoon, African Snails came back to Kochi
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- With coming of monsoon , African Snails have been spotted in areas near Kochi
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- Also known as Achatina Fulica
- Rated among 100 most invasive species by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Earlier residents used chemical Metaldehyde to kill snails – later replaced by mixture of copper sulphate and tobacco decoction,
- It is hermaphroditic - each snail having both male and female reproductive parts
- Each individual snail can lay up to 500-900 eggs, twice a year.
- An adult snail lives for 5-7 years and can start laying eggs within a year.