No, this foreign invader is a snail. But what a snail it is. The giant African land snail "can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster," says Reuters' Barbara Liston. Since the ...

THE Ministry of Health is reminding the public that consumption of the Giant African Snail (GAS) can be a dangerous practice. The ministry’s response comes as the GAS continues to trend as a ...

The giant East African snail, (Achatina fúlica), listed among the world’s top 100 invasive species, extremely voracious and which can transmit deadly diseases to humans has been found in empty ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – Health authorities are urging people in Trinidad and Tobago to refrain from eating Giant African Snails, amid newspaper reports that the snails were being ...