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"Barbados Faces Invasion by Giant Snails"
Nov 7th - 3:25pm
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) - A breed of giant, ravenous snails that first appeared in Barbados five years ago has thrived on the tropical island, destroying crops and prompting calls for the government to eliminate the slimy pests.
A nocturnal "snail hunt" last weekend reported finding hundreds of thousands of giant African snails swarming the central parish of St. George, the country's agricultural heartland where farmers had complained of damage to crops including sugar cane, bananas and papayas."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The volunteers sprayed government-supplied pesticides in gullies and other cool, low-lying areas where the snails are believed to breed, venturing out after dark to catch the snails as they emerge from spending the day underground. Walrond's brigade plans to continue its assault over the next three weekends.
The snails, which are about the size of a human hand, are known to consume as many as 500 different plants and their mucous can transmit meningitis and other diseases."
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"Forty years in jail for planning carnage in the capital"
The Times ^ | November 08, 2006 | Sean O'Neill
Posted on 11/08/2006 2:21:08 AM PST by Mrs Ivan