Dang,

Ya gotta watch those Africans. First they sent us those pesky killer bees; now they kindly share an eight-inch-long snail?! Hosta lovers must be shakin' in their boots!

Nelson ;-)

"In 1966, a boy smuggled three giant African land snails into Miami from Hawaii as pets. His grandmother subsequently released them into her garden. Seven years later, more than 18,000 snails were found. It took almost 10 years and more than $1 million to eradicate this pest from Florida."
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Well, on the brighter, side at least they're eddible if cooked properly.
Anyone got a receipe?

They are in Barbados. Cut and paste this to read a FoxNews story http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,228200,00.html
Escargot Yum, Yum. It's almost as good as possum stuffed with sweet taters or armadillo steamed in chianti.

Seriously, if snails are not cooked well, they do carry serious diseases. Kidding about the armadillo but they carry the virus for Hansen's disease (leprosy). And possums are just plain nasty. They are four legged buzzards and will eat anything dead.