Hunt for Giant Snails in Barbados.

1. megmeg
   November 8th, 2006 at 3:43 pm

   aw cute! i want one!

2. yayo
   November 8th, 2006 at 4:31 pm

   XD
   eeec!
   you freak!

3. megmeg
   November 8th, 2006 at 5:15 pm

   hehe I used to have a pet snail, they're cute! I want a giant one though, my other one was too tiny

4. Alex
   November 8th, 2006 at 5:17 pm

   I wonder if they make for good escargot!

5. Steph
   November 8th, 2006 at 5:33 pm

   You don't want one of these guys. They transmit diseases. Someone needs to go out and sprinkle salt everywhere.

   I wouldn't mind jewelry made out of one of those shells, though.

6. Moni A.
   November 8th, 2006 at 6:24 pm

   the disease factor is played up to scare people I think. all pets can carry disease, you just wash your hands with soap after handling them. these huge guys are illegal in the US because of the danger to crops. obviously. we keep 2 smaller snails as pets and they seem to enjoy being held. very friendly. who would have guessed.

7. Alex
   November 8th, 2006 at 6:48 pm

   Snails are the worst pest in my old garden in SF.

8. pld
   November 8th, 2006 at 8:30 pm

   Damn. I want to taste one. Yummy!

9. megmeg
   November 9th, 2006 at 10:27 am

   Well any kind of pet can transmit a disease, you just have to know the proper way to care for and clean them and yourself. A lot of the parasites and diseases that live in snails have to be injested to cause harm, so as long as you're not eating them raw right from the garden or not cleaning your hands after handling a snail, you'd probably be ok.

   and I don't really want one, it was a joke I just think they're cute

10. bob
    November 9th, 2006 at 10:44 am

    "we keep 2 smaller snails as pets and they seem to enjoy being held. "

    Oh yeah. Do they bark and wag their tails or something?

    Give them a salt bath.

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