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Neighborhoods in south FL forced to quarantine after sightings of giant snails

BROWARD COUNTY, Florida -- Some neighborhoods in Broward County in Florida are under quarantine Tuesday after sightings of invasive giant African land snails, known to be one of the most dangerous ...

Giant snails and tiny insects threaten the South's rice and crawfish farms

Farmers in Louisiana are going toe-to-toe with some nasty enemies: apple snails that clog crawfish traps while laying ...
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To save a giant snail, New Zealand targets the non-native critters that eat it

In the forests of New Zealand's North Island, park rangers have been working for more than a decade to save a threatened population of giant snails. Now, these are not your average garden snails. They ...
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Coral Killing Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Destroyed By Giant Snail

Crown-of-thorns starfish plagues the endangered Great Barrier Reef. Luckily, a huge, beautiful giant triton snail happens to have a great appetite for these venomous coral killers. Missing hiker found ...
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‘Giant’ creatures in New Zealand mountains recovering from ‘being eaten alive’

Giant land snail populations are recovering in areas that have received targeted predator control over the last 15 years, according to experts. Getty Images/iStockphoto For the last 15 years, wildlife ...