Maybe some of our members from down south can fill us in if these are a pain in the butt. South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world's most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail, which can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster. http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...slimy-giant-snails-invade-south-florida?lite=
[video=youtube_share;XuHaHmKYylU]http://youtu.be/XuHaHmKYylU[/video] Still more afraid of those damn Burmese Pythons. Dey be eatin' our chickens along Okeechobee Road.
I don't imagine you can eat them, can you? Will sauteeing them in butter kill the worms and the meningitis? If they become a delicacy the'll be eradicated in no time.
I know that they are, in fact, edible... [video=youtube_share;ZVwJl5QbEro]http://youtu.be/ZVwJl5QbEro[/video]