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This year, watering the two gardens is taking priority, Zlotnik said. The beauty of the gardens makes the attraction popular. | This year, watering the two gardens is taking priority, Zlotnik said. The beauty of the gardens makes the attraction popular. | ||
Workers will continue to keep the plants alive until the first frost. According to the National Climatic Data Center, St. Cloud has a 90 percent probability of hitting 32 degrees by Oct. 3.</html> | Workers will continue to keep the plants alive until the first frost. According to the National Climatic Data Center, St. Cloud has a 90 percent probability of hitting 32 degrees by Oct. 3.</html> | ||
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| + | == Got Giant African Land Snails- Release The Hounds! == | ||
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| + | Literally. | ||
| + | The state will be adding snail-sniffing dogs to its team of 50 full-time snail hunters. | ||
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| + | At a press conference in Douglas Park on Thursday, state and local officials updated a dozen or so reporters on the state of the snail invasion. So far, the human snail hunters have killed more than 128,000 of the pests. | ||
| + | Sightings of the snails are down, but Florida isn’t claiming victory yet. The last time Florida had a giant African land snail problem was in the 1960's. That intervention netted 17,000 dead snails and took nine years. | ||
| + | LISTEN: Giant African Land Snails? Release The Hounds! | ||
| + | Enter snail-sniffing detector dogs like Bear, a three-year-old black lab who joined officials at the podium. | ||
| + | As state agriculture commissioner Adam Putnam pointed out, a “dog will pick up specimens that perhaps the human eye missed.” | ||
| + | You can watch video of Bear’s snail training: | ||
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