Giant Snails!
Over the last few years, Barbados has become infested with giant snails. They are about the size of a human hand and their mucus can transmit meningitis and other bad things. Residents have resorted to “snail hunts,” in which they claim to have found hundreds of thousands of them:
“We saw snails riding on each other’s backs and moving in clusters,” said David Walrond, chairman of the local emergency response office that organized 60 volunteers for the hunt. “You’re just crunching the shells as you’re walking through.”
The volunteers sprayed government-supplied pesticides in gullies and other cool, low-lying areas where the snails are believed to breed, venturing out after dark to catch the snails as they emerge from spending the day underground. Walrond’s brigade plans to continue its assault over the next three weekends.
Wow.
Emily said,
November 9, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Hahahahahaha, I was going to post about this too, but I was laughing too hard.
Daisy said,
November 9, 2006 at 6:01 pm
Hahaha, I though it was horrifying.
Emily said,
November 9, 2006 at 6:09 pm
“We saw snails riding on each other’s backs and moving in clusters,” hahahaha.
Daisy said,
November 9, 2006 at 6:12 pm
Hahaha, ewww. Can you imagine seeing that?
Emily said,
November 9, 2006 at 8:55 pm
I really want to see that.
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