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Snail as Big as a Tennis Shoe Running Amok in Florida
news.discovery.com ^ | Jul 31, 2015 09:30 AM ET | by Kerry Sheridan

Posted on 07/31/2015 8:43:50 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

True THAT!

Or a lobster... or crab.

But ... Crab legs and cold beer... Good God almighty man, pass the Old Bay an’ don’t gets in me way....I could eat that meal all day.

Of course, the room-clearing stench that follows, well... it’s legendary, I’m told...


61 posted on 07/31/2015 9:16:56 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Red Badger

Hide your children..Ninja slug stike, again!


62 posted on 07/31/2015 9:17:23 AM PDT by Leep (Still living in what remains of 'God's Country'.)
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To: Red Badger

Now THAT’S a SLUG, baby!!!!


63 posted on 07/31/2015 9:17:38 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

“It Came From The Buffet Line...”


64 posted on 07/31/2015 9:18:14 AM PDT by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: Old Sarge

Subtitled: “... And I Was The Main Course.”


65 posted on 07/31/2015 9:19:39 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: MrB

Gotta admit it, though... it does get your attention immediately... “Giant Snail Running Amok”.

Kinda says it all in one neat, tidy package...


66 posted on 07/31/2015 9:22:27 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: pepsi_junkie

The ____________ is causing problems for Floridians.

Fill in the blank:

giant African land snail
Iguanas
Nile monitor Lizards
Burmese python
Indian python
Brown Basilisk or Striped Basilisk Lizards
Monk Parakeet
Common Myna bird
Purple Swamphen
Wild boar, feral pig
Blue tilapia
Israeli tilapia
Mayan cichlid
Walking catfish
Sailfin, suckermouth catfish, plecostomus
Asiatic clam
Island apple snail
Bromeliad beetle, Evil weevil, Mexican weevil
Lobate lac scale insect
Downy rose myrtle, downy myrtle, hill gooseberry, hill guava
Carrotwood, Beach Tamarind, Green-leaved Tamarind, tuckeroo tree
Air potato, potato yam, air yam
Hydrilla, water thyme, Florida elodea, waterweed
Burma reed, silk reed, cane grass, false reed
Water hyacinth, water orchid
Australian pine, beefwood, ironwood, she-oak, horsetail tree
Brazilian pepper, Florida holly, Christmas berry, pepper tree
Old World climbing fern
Melaleuca, paper-bark, cajeput, punk tree, white bottlebrush tree
Popcorn tree
etc..................


67 posted on 07/31/2015 9:22:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Red Badger
who believe drinking the snail's mucus can cure certain ailments.

I'll wait for the scientific study, and the pill form of the effective ingredient.

68 posted on 07/31/2015 9:30:13 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Red Badger
who believe drinking the snail's mucus can cure certain ailments.

I'll wait for the scientific study, and the pill form of the effective ingredient.

69 posted on 07/31/2015 9:30:13 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

But it’s ‘natural’!...........................


70 posted on 07/31/2015 9:30:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: NFHale

Impossible!


71 posted on 07/31/2015 9:31:30 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (De-fund ALL "Sanctuary Cities" And remove the idiots in charge of them.)
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To: Red Badger

Just call Larry, Darryl and Darryl at “Anything For A Buck.”
They’ll take care of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2pV30CS6Q


72 posted on 07/31/2015 9:33:27 AM PDT by Buttons12
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To: Red Badger

Asian psyllid

Whiteflies

Sri Lankan Weevil

All illegal immigrants “loved” by Jeb and Marco


73 posted on 07/31/2015 9:34:43 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (De-fund ALL "Sanctuary Cities" And remove the idiots in charge of them.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

“Snot” impossible! It’s a “Phlegmatic” response!!!


74 posted on 07/31/2015 9:35:11 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: DannyTN

“...who believe drinking...”

Err... I’ll take Tanqueray gin and tonic instead... it’s healthy, see? There’s TONIC in it... and that’s GOTTA be good for you.


75 posted on 07/31/2015 9:36:37 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

Cajun Escargots! Sacre, time to get the rice started!


76 posted on 07/31/2015 9:51:09 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Red Badger

Someone give them a cute name like Cecil and get PETA involved.

MSM will run with this one


77 posted on 07/31/2015 9:52:49 AM PDT by hadaclueonce (It is not heaven, it is Iowa. Everyone gets a "Corn Check")
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To: hadaclueonce

#SNAIL LIVES MATTER.....................


78 posted on 07/31/2015 9:54:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Red Badger
The ____________ is causing problems for Floridians

They do seem to bitch about a bunch of stuff, or is just their Media?

79 posted on 07/31/2015 9:55:37 AM PDT by hadaclueonce (It is not heaven, it is Iowa. Everyone gets a "Corn Check")
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To: elcid1970

Brother, you better use the LONG GRAIN rice... REAL long...

And with that shell on it’s back, Hell - that’s a Swanson TV Dinner right there, just cook and serve!!!


80 posted on 07/31/2015 9:56:27 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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