Footlong Snails Are Taking Over the World | Motherboard


Environmental | 207124 hits | Mar 13 11:02 am | Posted by: DrCaleb
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The snails are kind of terrifying, seeing as how they can grow up to a foot long, can weigh in at over two pounds, and are capable of eating over 500 different species. Oh yes, they can also lay 1,200 eggs a year, and have few natural enemies in many of t

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  1. by avatar saturn_656
    Thu Mar 14, 2013 1:29 am
    YIKES!

    Kill it with fire!!!

  2. by FieryVulpine
    Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:53 am
    "saturn_656" said
    YIKES!

    Kill it with salt!!!

    Fixed.

  3. by avatar raydan
    Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:57 am
    I'd say "yummy", except for that eosinophilic meningitis stuff. 8O

  4. by avatar saturn_656
    Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:06 am
    They don't carry "meningitis" per say.

    What they do carry is a parasite (nematode) that if consumed by a human (through eating the snail) can be lethal, depending on the number of parasites you ingest.

    You couldn't pay me enough to eat that crap. 8O

  5. by Lemmy
    Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:10 am
    I can already envision the Subway commercial for their newest footlong.

  6. by avatar raydan
    Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:17 am
    I don't see how the "slowest" footlong will appeal to the customer. :?



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