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It may be the slime. Slime of some species here may irritate skin.
Since handling is warned about, some direct effect like skin lesions
should have been the problem I guess, rather than some secondary
effect like orally transmitting flukes.
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Kota "Martin H. Eastburn" <[log in to unmask]>
> Not knowing much of the issue - but consider that that snail might
> have by shape or nature more dangerous hosts that transmit to the collector.
> The locals might not understand what or why but those touching the shell
> might
> get very ill...
>
> Something like liver flukes or such that can be picked up with bare feet
> or by
> eating raw fish in some places.
>
> Martin
>
> John Varner wrote:
>> I initially posted this as a response to an unrelated thread, and am
>> reposting to avoid confusion. my apologies
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* John Varner <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> *To:* [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, November 15, 2009 7:38 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [CONCH-L] New questions
>>
>> A friend who is a research biologist / arborist recently returned
>> from Peruvian rainforest, where some of the locals had advised him
>> not to handle one of the local landsnails because it was
>> venomous. He said that the locals seemed to asiduously follow
>> their own advice to him, though they didn't hesitate to handle
>> other species of land snails.
>> Does anyone know of Peruvian landsnails that are dangerous,
>> either because they are venomous or vectors of disease?
>>
>> - John
>>
>>
>>
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