Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Jumbo Snails



The apple snail or simply called"jambo" in Japanese is our worst enemy in the paddy field. With no natural predators (except for crocodiles), they are difficult to control. Those bright red eggs (on a previous post) hatch into these slithering slimy hungry creatures that eat all the new growth on the rice plant. In the daytime, they bury themselves in the mud but when they emerge, they are likely to be gathered by a farmer or farmer's wife, to be smashed upon the roadway. It sort of makes me hungry for escargot but I'm not in the mood to cook them up...seeing them gooshed on the road sort of dampens my appetite.

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