Small snails look cute but 8-inch snail sounds a bit scary. Also how do they avoid being eaten by predators if they are slow and vulnerable?
Also I recently saw small slugs which were crawling on the sidewalk along with worms who get to the surface after rain. I wonder what those slugs were planning to do given its middle of October and temperature is merely 10°C (50F)?
> The snails, which actually grow to about eight inches in length, but can stretch—if nothing else, for headline-writing purposes—to nine inches, have worried Florida authorities since 1969.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatobia_hominis
This bastard is a fascinating one. I mean there are others, but this one is close to my heart.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/10/giant-african-sn...
Also I recently saw small slugs which were crawling on the sidewalk along with worms who get to the surface after rain. I wonder what those slugs were planning to do given its middle of October and temperature is merely 10°C (50F)?
Avoid Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.
Delightfully self-aware.