Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
> Here is a pic of snails in a Ghana market that a poster on rec.travel.africa
> just posted, the caption is "ghana giant snails for eating". They are
> HYOOGE! :
>
> http://static.flickr.com/69/216114074_0b170e881d_m.jpg

Yes, and they are a serious pest. They're all over
Hawaii. In 1966, a kid brought three of them to Florida.
I was wondering whatever happened with that infestation.
According to this, it took ten years to get rid of them:

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/ep/eme...pests/gas.html

I'm glad they managed to eradicate them. It would have
been a disaster if they became established in
North America.