Giant African Snail Achatina fulica
by Frank Wilson
Title
Giant African Snail Achatina fulica
Artist
Frank Wilson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Giant African Snails (Achatina fulica)
Photographed eating concrete on the Pacific Island of Kauai.
This species, originally from East Africa, has been called one of the most damaging land snails in the world. It is known to eat over 500 different types of plants (including many commercially important crops and fruit trees) and is able to digest concrete, often destroying plaster and stucco on homes in its quest to supply calcium to its large shell. Importantly, they are also a known vector for human disease, often carrying parasites that can lead to a non-fatal type of meningitis.
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October 15th, 2015
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