OT: Giant Snails!

Ed, Ego and Superego · November 08, 2006, 02:16:54 PM

Someone asked about giant snail movies, so life imitates art:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061107/ap_on_sc/barbados_giant_snails

On a side note, a friend of mine from Hawaii told me that they were invaded byt hese some time ago, and they introduced a predatory anti-snail snail (A smaller snail that kills and eats bigger snails). The mental picture of a pack of snails slowly chasing and bring down another snail is too precious to forget.
-Ed

odinn7 · November 08, 2006, 02:34:36 PM

As big as your hand! You could hunt those things...you wouldn't have to worry if you missed, it's not likely one could outrun you.

Ed, Ego and Superego · November 08, 2006, 03:12:40 PM

You have to sleep sometime, and they just keep creeping and creeping after you. Plus isnt there a "slow monster teleport ability" that pops up on occasion?

-Ed

odinn7 · November 08, 2006, 03:22:13 PM

Good point.

Neville · November 08, 2006, 04:10:23 PM

Where I come from, we would grill those bastards and then serve them with garlic mayonnaise.

No kidding.

Andrew · November 09, 2006, 01:09:59 PM

I am with Neville on a good way to cut down on the snail population. Some creatures have the unhappy blessing of being tasty. This seems to be humanity's problem in a number of alien invasion movies.

However, I was thinking about the size of those things. As big as a human hand! I would be tempted to find a few GI Joe figures (the little ones from the 80's) and make some twisted little movies. It is a good thing I am not 14 and living in Barbados.

daveblackeye15 · November 10, 2006, 02:14:55 PM

I want PICS NOW of these suckers.

Dr. Whom · November 11, 2006, 04:04:10 PM

Quote from: Ed on November 08, 2006, 02:16:54 PM

On a side note, a friend of mine from Hawaii told me that they were invaded byt hese some time ago, and they introduced a predatory anti-snail snail (A smaller snail that kills and eats bigger snails). The mental picture of a pack of snails slowly chasing and bring down another snail is too precious to forget.
-Ed

From what I've googled, it seems the predator snails (you gotta love that term) hunt down their prey by following the slime trail! Actually introducing them to combat African snails didn't work very well, because the predator snails preferred eating the smaller local snails over the big African ones.