Gargantuan snail

Nothing But Net · 06-18-2004, 09:15 PM

I walked by my front porch last night, and encountered this frightening creature:

<img src="http://www.newzucanuze.com/images/Four-inch-snail.jpg">

<i><b>"On my front porch! Where my wife sleeps! And my kids go to play!"</b></i>

This is a composite because there was no scale, but I just had to follow a huge slime trail to find the exact brick where the original was taken.

Is it a big snail or a miniature conch?

jaguar · 06-19-2004, 02:22 AM

I'm just wondering why your wife sleeps on the porch.

dar512 · 06-19-2004, 09:02 AM

Bah! The slugs in Seattle would beat that puny thing up. IIRC we had 'em up to 6" or more and as big around as a quarter.

Of course, they didn't the redeeming quality of that nice shell.

Kitsune · 06-19-2004, 09:44 AM

They're so cute when they're as little as a quarter!

melidasaur · 06-19-2004, 06:12 PM

how much salt would you need to kill one of those things... oh my, those snails make me want to

blue · 06-19-2004, 06:18 PM

Dude..NBN...you need to fucking move...NOW.

Bet they'd be pretty tasty on the grill tho.

Nothing But Net · 06-19-2004, 06:37 PM

What I want to know is if mine is just a baby of what Kitsune posted. The shells exhibit marked similarities.

Holy slime, Batman! But I ain't going down without a fight!

Kitsune · 06-19-2004, 07:38 PM

Look up "Giant African Land Snail". They're starting to appear in FL because people are keeping them as, yes, pets. Ugh. They destroyed vegetation and are illegal to import or keep. Ugly bastards, too.

Elspode · 06-20-2004, 02:27 AM

Man, I hope we don't have any French chefs reading this thread. That's all we need...an invasion of illegal escargot harvesters.

Pi · 06-20-2004, 02:35 PM

Hey you don't need to be french to love "escargots"... Hmmm yummi!!!

breakingnews · 06-20-2004, 10:09 PM

That's pretty gross ... I am, however, a fan of escargot. I do have to admit that I much prefer the smaller snails to the big, fat, chunky ones. So if you cooked up that three-incher, I don't think it would be very tasty.

On a random CD I have somewhere around here, I have a photo I took in Scottsdale, Ariz., of a 3-inch cockroach/bug/critter that we found outside our hotel. My friend put his bare foot down for comparison, but then the bug suddenly jumped on his foot and he flipped out. Too funny. I'll post pic when I find it.

Zoolander is SO on TBS tonight. I love it.

06-18-2004, 09:15 PM	#1
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Gargantuan snail I walked by my front porch last night, and encountered this frightening creature: <img src="http://www.newzucanuze.com/images/Four-inch-snail.jpg"> <i><b>"On my front porch! Where my wife sleeps! And my kids go to play!"</b></i> This is a composite because there was no scale, but I just had to follow a huge slime trail to find the exact brick where the original was taken. Is it a big snail or a miniature conch? Last edited by Nothing But Net; 06-18-2004 at 09:19 PM.

06-19-2004, 02:22 AM	#2
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	I'm just wondering why your wife sleeps on the porch. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

06-19-2004, 06:12 PM	#5
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	how much salt would you need to kill one of those things... oh my, those snails make me want to __________________ I love England, what can I say?

06-19-2004, 06:18 PM	#6
blue Operations Operative Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern WI Posts: 739	Dude..NBN...you need to fucking move...NOW. Bet they'd be pretty tasty on the grill tho. __________________ If you spot a tornado, always remember to point at it, yell "tornado!", and run like hell.

06-20-2004, 02:27 AM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Man, I hope we don't have any French chefs reading this thread. That's all we need...an invasion of illegal escargot harvesters. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-19-2004, 09:02 AM	#3
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Bah! The slugs in Seattle would beat that puny thing up. IIRC we had 'em up to 6" or more and as big around as a quarter. Of course, they didn't the redeeming quality of that nice shell.

06-19-2004, 09:44 AM	#4
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	They're so cute when they're as little as a quarter!

06-19-2004, 06:37 PM	#7
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	What I want to know is if mine is just a baby of what Kitsune posted. The shells exhibit marked similarities. Holy slime, Batman! But I ain't going down without a fight!

06-19-2004, 07:38 PM	#8
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Look up "Giant African Land Snail". They're starting to appear in FL because people are keeping them as, yes, pets. Ugh. They destroyed vegetation and are illegal to import or keep. Ugly bastards, too.

06-20-2004, 02:35 PM	#10
Pi desperate finder Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 437	Hey you don't need to be french to love "escargots"... Hmmm yummi!!! __________________ Complex simplex

06-20-2004, 10:09 PM	#11
breakingnews Q_Q Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 995	That's pretty gross ... I am, however, a fan of escargot. I do have to admit that I much prefer the smaller snails to the big, fat, chunky ones. So if you cooked up that three-incher, I don't think it would be very tasty. On a random CD I have somewhere around here, I have a photo I took in Scottsdale, Ariz., of a 3-inch cockroach/bug/critter that we found outside our hotel. My friend put his bare foot down for comparison, but then the bug suddenly jumped on his foot and he flipped out. Too funny. I'll post pic when I find it. Zoolander is SO on TBS tonight. I love it.

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