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Don't eat deadly snails in Guangdong. What kind of snail is this? How to tell?
The deadly weaver snail.

Snails contain a lot of toxins, and a small snail may kill people. So far, there is no specific medicine to treat. It is the most toxic in spring and summer every year, which can cause dizziness, vomiting and numbness of lips and fingers after eating. The shortest incubation period is 5 minutes and the longest incubation period is 4 hours. The Ministry of Health has explicitly banned the operation and sale of snails. His aliases are also called wheat snail, white snail and trypanosoma, which are distributed all over the world.

Snail weaving incident.

In Putian, Fujian, there is even the custom of eating snails for the holidays. Every time snails flourish, a large number of people will publicize that snails cannot be eaten, and the market supervision bureau and the police will also severely crack down on the sales of snails. Not long ago, in Sanmen County, Zhejiang Province, we cracked a gang that illegally bought and sold snails, arrested more than 20 suspects and seized more than 800 kilograms of snails. This number is really terrible. Think about how terrible it is to eat one and die another. More than 800 Jin. Snails have the same neurotoxin as puffer fish. Although this is forbidden, a large number of people will be poisoned by eating this snail. In 2007, six patients were taken to the emergency room after eating the poisonous snail. 20 12, 1 people died of poisoning from eating snails, and the other 7 people were out of danger.

Discrimination of snails.

It is also easy to distinguish snails. According to his appearance, we can clearly know that he is the snail. Snails are characterized by a sharp and slender tail, about 1 cm long and 0.5 cm wide, which is about the size of a fingernail. There are often 1 ~ 3 purple-brown or red-yellow spiral bands on the shell surface, and the body is light yellow. Another notable feature of the textured snail is that the screw is facing itself, and it can be seen that its thread rotates counterclockwise.

To sum it up.

Recently, poisoning incidents of edible snails occurred in many areas of China, resulting in serious consequences of poisoning death. There have been several poisoning incidents of edible snails in Wenling City and Yuhuan County, but some people still eat them with luck, which brings great hidden dangers to food hygiene and safety. Here, I also call on everyone to cherish life and be a good law-abiding citizen.