Les Jones

Science > Giant African Snails

Federal health officials have seized giant African snails that were being used in Wisconsin classrooms.

In 1966, a Miami boy smuggled three Giant African Land Snails into the country. His grandmother eventually released them into a garden, and in seven years there were more than 18,000 of them. The eradication program took 10 years, according to the USDA.

Too bad they're such horrible pests. They'd be incredibly cool in a terrarium.