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                    [ArticleID] => 2197848
                    [Title] => Florida hurries to catch fast-spreading snail invasion
                    [Summary] => It might not be speedy, but it's big, hungry and fast at reproducing: the giant African snail, a potential health risk to humans, has once again invaded the southern US state of Florida.

                    [DatePublished] => 2022-07-25 10:19:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
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                    [SectionName] => On the Radar
                    [SectionUrl] => on-the-radar
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/07/24/snail-farm-thailand_2019-07-24_17-53-06931_thumbnail.jpg
                )

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                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1937494
                    [Title] => WATCH: Thai farmers on the cash trail with snail slime
                    [Summary] => Giant snails inch across a plate of pumpkin and cucumber in central Thailand, an "organic" diet to tease the prized collagen-rich mucus from the molluscs, which to some cosmetic firms are now more valuable than gold.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-07-25 10:07:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806161
                    [AuthorName] => Anusak Konglang
                    [SectionName] => News Videos
                    [SectionUrl] => news-videos
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                )

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                    [ArticleID] => 1636788
                    [Title] => Snail-paced services top 8888 complaints
                    [Summary] => At least 102 complaints have been received by the Civil Service Commission in Central Visayas from the presidential hotline 8888 in two months.
                    [DatePublished] => 2016-10-25 23:22:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1510226
                    [AuthorName] => May B. Miasco
                    [SectionName] => Cebu News
                    [SectionUrl] => cebu-news
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            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1417727
                    [Title] => Snails slither into spa scene in Thailand and around world
                    [Summary] => 

The snail's 14,000 microscopic teeth produced a slight, not unpleasant, scratching when it slid toward my nostrils.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-28 16:58:45 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1255371 [AuthorName] => Denis Gray [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/fashion-and-beauty/20150128/snail-spa.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1380109 [Title] => Hermaphrodite snail becomes symbol for marriage equality [Summary] =>

A newly discovered species of land snail found in Taiwan has been named in commemoration of marriage equality.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-14 13:42:41 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1121281 [AuthorName] => Alixandra Caole Vila [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/paandar/snail.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 751345 [Title] => Ystyle picks [Summary] =>

Tony Moly Intense Repair Live Snail Hydro-gel Mask contains filtered snail mucus, extracted from a living snail, to replenish skin moisture.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => YStyle [SectionUrl] => ystyle [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 701779 [Title] => A snail's pace [Summary] =>

Tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 675882 [Title] => Can't let go of Takyong! [Summary] =>

It must be the charm of the place or the determined fervor of its local government, led by Mayor Bernard A. Sepulveda that has made Borbon part of my routine.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133760 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1708766 [AuthorName] => Romelinda Garces [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 666531 [Title] => On love dart and poison dart [Summary] =>

The peculiar behaviors of some animals may be understood in terms of their powers that seem to influence evolution.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1303536 [AuthorName] => Elsie C. Jimenez, Ph. D. [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196492 [Title] => ‘Golden kuhol’ can be a friend [Summary] => Did you know that the golden apple snail (GAS), popularly known as "golden kuhol", can live underground for more than half a year?

"During the dry season, the snail buries itself and goes to sleep for more than six months," noted the Philippine Rice Research Institure (PhilRice), which has been intensively studying the life cycle of GAS, one of the major destructive pests attacking young rice plants.

The snail, added PhilRice, wakes up and surfaces during the planting season when the irrigation water penetrates the soil.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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