Measuring 6.5 centimetres, this giant magnolia snail (Bertia cambojiensis) at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire, UK, certainly lives up to its name.

The Giant African snails are known to eat at least 500 different kinds of live plants including beans, peanuts, cucumbers, melons, and entire trees and bushes.

It probably seems remarkable (almost laughable) that a giant snail which travels at 0.002 miles an hour can get out of control. The thing is, this snail has a whole lot going for it.

On June 20, Florida quarantined another county – Broward – because of the giant African land snails. Lee and Pasco counties on Florida's west coast have been under quarantine since last year.

What are giant African land snails? The giant African land snail, known as giant African snails, is one of the most damaging snails in the world, consuming at least 500 different types of plants ...

The snail was first identified in Florida in the 1960s and it took about 10 years to eradicate the over 18,000 snails and eggs, which are known to carry a meningitis-causing parasite.

It's illegal to import or possess the giant African land snail in the US; the snail was first spotted in Miami in 1969, according to ABC News. By 1973, more than 18,000 snails and their eggs were ...

Under the quarantine, it is illegal to move a giant African land snail or plants, soil, compost, or yard waste in or out of the quarantine area without state approval.

On Tuesday, an area of Broward County, near Fort Lauderdale, enacted a quarantine after the invasive giant African land snail was detected there this month. Under the quarantine, which covers ...

A giant African land snail in Miami in 2015. The species has already been eradicated twice in Florida since it was first detected in the state in 1969, according to the Florida agriculture department.

Most recently a 10-year effort in Miami-Dade County, which cost $23 million, ended in 2021 after the collection of about 170,000 snails. Miami Herald news partner CBS News Miami produced this report.

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