Giant African Snail. - Neatorama

This looks like it should be in a 50s sci-fi movie about nuclear mutants, but no. Itâ€™s a Giant African Snail, which can grow up to 12 inches long! They are illegal in the US, due to their invasive habits. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Say No To Crack

Now, how much garlic butter and parsley would I need for that?

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le escargot grand!

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Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't even want to touch it. :O~~~~~

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Oh! He's so cute!!!

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There's like a bazillion different species of giant African snails. One has the Latin name of Achatina immaculata. Makes me shiver just to imagine how it got that name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achatinidae

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gary the snail: "meow"

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Egads! You can imagine the snail eating connoiseurs are right now salivating into their respective porcelain buckets.

Me...I can imagine that baby being used as an organic doorstop.

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definite candidate for the turkey fryer.

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and i thought this one was a large specimen (found in brasil)
http://erdlink.com/pics/187%20fussgrosse%20schnecken.jpg

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@ Chris.

Hahahah!! Gary!!!

*meow!*

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I wonder how long it will take that guy to scrub all the snail slime off his arm.

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what are his invasive habits?

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According to the linked article, they cause crop damage, upset local food cahins, and carry harmful parasites.

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that certainly was a riveting video lol...

i would never let that thing crawl (?) on me.

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Parasites and that video showed it on the arm. Ew!

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Pass the salt!

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grossssssss~!!!!!!!!
OMG
that thing is huge~!

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We have big slugs here in BC (not that big tho) and they acually eat your dead skin if you let them crawl on you. Anyways, I found that quite disgusting as I am sure this one would hurt if it tried to take a nibble/scrape of you. EW!

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I want.

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thats insane

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