Giant African Land Snail 1

    Neighbors Giant African Land Snail. This is Brian, he loves cucumber, tomato, corn and cuttlefish, he also loves a slink through the grass yard on a warm spring day :)

    Update 06/11/2011:
    Wow never in a million years would I have suspected that these photos of Brian would be so popular around the web. Thanks to all the folks that come by and leave comments and to all of you out there that have used this photo and 'linked it back' to my stream, I do appreciate that.

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      Minakat, L!sa-Bo-B!sa, miercoles!!!, BlueisCoool, and 22 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. ShaneKtUk (50 months ago | reply)

      Blimey thats massive never seen them myself.

    3. IanLand (50 months ago | reply)

      holy crap

    4. martin_cook (50 months ago | reply)

      He's big,can you eat them ?

    5. C. Rayz (50 months ago | reply)

      I've never seen one in person, although I have seen pics of them. He is massive and is about 14cm long is all, he can or could get to upto 40cm although 28 is avg.

      Martin I have no idea really, I would imagine they are tough and cheewy though in comparison to the regular edible snails.. lol

    6. annette.barton (50 months ago | reply)

      Wow - wouldn't like to see them loose in the countryside:-) Is that a whole slice of cucumber he has in his mouth!

    7. sinbadigi [deleted] (50 months ago | reply)

      Er, great shot

    8. C. Rayz (50 months ago | reply)

      They are quite hardy creatures and popular pets actually, which is why it's illegal to reslease them into the countryside. They would do quite well and scare lots of folks too.. lol
      Yes Annette that is a quarter of a cucumber hes munching on and holding in the other shot!!

    9. Guinevere♥ [deleted] (50 months ago | reply)

      OMG that's so eeeeeeeeeeeeeek! Yuk, sorry Crystal, nice photo, yuk HUGE, too huge snail! :)

    10. C. Rayz (50 months ago | reply)

      LoL he's an acquired taste I'm sure :P

    11. Simon Hookey (50 months ago | reply)

      Don't tell the French, or our reputation as 'Les Rosbeef' will become L'Escargomassif.

    12. C. Rayz (50 months ago | reply)

      LoL :O

    13. hsc_70 (50 months ago | reply)

      Holy **** how big is that!! Great catch!!

    14. C. Rayz (50 months ago | reply)

      HAHA... Thanks Hsc :)

    15. Andrew.France (50 months ago | reply)

      Wow. My Aunty keeps these, but i've never seen one sat on someones hand. It really put's it into perspective.

    16. C. Rayz (50 months ago | reply)

      They really are lovely creatures and yes very large, but I'm quite happy I was too late to adopt him LoL

    17. Philnz1965 (50 months ago | reply)


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      That is one HUGE Snail, Great Capture!!!

    18. C. Rayz (50 months ago | reply)

      Thanks Philnz :D

    19. howzey (50 months ago | reply)

      woah!

      --
      Seen next to a fellow photo of the group "Channel Hastings". (?)

    20. C. Rayz (50 months ago | reply)

      LoL Yeah, exactly :D

    21. Philnz1965 (50 months ago | reply)

      Your Fantastic Photo has been seen in
      "Virtual Zoo".

      www.flickr.com/groups/918182n20

      Well Done!!!.

    22. C. Rayz (50 months ago | reply)

      :) (:

    23. dog.breath (22 months ago | reply)

      I lived in Ivory Coast about 11 years ago. In the south they were quite common as food (no offense to Brian). I don't believe people ever kept them as pets, but you could buy them in the market. They were cut up and cooked in sauces and usually served over foutou. I was not able to convince myself to eat one, though, ick.

    24. martin_cook (22 months ago | reply)

      I would imagin there are a bit like whelks.

    25. C. Rayz (22 months ago | reply)

      I kinda reckon they must taste like chicken, as all wierd things do, so just eat a chicken! :)

    26. Erin Louise McNeill (20 months ago | reply)

      these carry disease!!!!

    27. BlueisCoool (19 months ago | reply)

      It is incredible how big this snail is !

    28. ikonane (19 months ago | reply)

      Damn cool!

    29. 落書き (19 months ago | reply)

      holy mother of azmodan.

    30. GreatPicx (19 months ago | reply)

      There is not enough salt in the world. Never

    31. Msgrannybacon (19 months ago | reply)

      Holy bat dung robin! You need like a mega big container of salt for this guys.

    32. six7777 (19 months ago | reply)

      Awesome !

    33. C. Rayz (19 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for all the visits (252,398 most of which are from the last couple days) and comments.

      For yall's information Brian is on a low salt diet, but if I just happened upon one of these in all my hunts in the wild I would probably be thinking the same thing...lol

    34. joe with a camera (19 months ago | reply)

      He is exceedingly cute... how could he not be popular? ;-)

    35. Shastajak (19 months ago | reply)

      As long as he doesn't come anywhere near my garden.......

    36. su.reed (19 months ago | reply)

      Amazing......I have 2 giant african land snails, but the albino variety! Time to do a photoshoot with them methinks!
      PS Mine will only eat cucumber! Fussy things!!!!

    37. Insect~O~Saurus (19 months ago | reply)

      he's brilliant

    38. Hastings Rangers (18 months ago | reply)

      Love the comments, this really is a tad gross though, really. I'll show this to my friend who's upset about a few small slugs...

    39. ♫ Lion ♫ (18 months ago | reply)

      Omg

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