Giant African Snail Achatina fulica Metal Print

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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.

Member of the International Guild Of Realism. Inducted into the Grumbacher Artist Hall Of Fame. ARTIST STATEMENT 'My aim is to provide the visual stimulus to reconnect with nature, to renew body, mind and spirit through the imagery that I capture of the natural world with brushes and paint and through my camera lens. I hope that you find an image in my collections that will enhance your life." ABOUT THE ARTIST ~ FRANK WILSON As far back as my memory serves me, I was a creative. My family says I was born with a crayon in my mouth. Drawing, building things, making pictures with crayons were an everyday staple in my early childhood. While hospitalized in the eighth grade for some respiratory problems, an Aunt gave me a...