This giant snail that looks like a rabbit will give you nightmares
Hello, welcome. We have something that'll creep you out.
This is a giant African land snail and it has come to scare your pants off.
Please. My rabbit. He's very sick. pic.twitter.com/MSejV0hvtn
— madds (@whatmaddness) July 23, 2017
Twitter user madds posted this picture of someone holding the giant snail that scarily resembles a rabbit, and we don't know how to feel about it.
One half of us can't help but love this thing. The other half? It wants to cry.
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Like us, Twitter users had mixed feelings about the humungous creature and really didn't even know where to begin.
— Robert Ivan (@metaprinter) July 24, 2017
Oh gad
madds
what the heck is that
oh no
here comes the nightmares— d1az💀 (@d1az_hl) July 23, 2017
I bet he'd be delicious with butter.
— David Calkins (@Mister_Robotics) July 24, 2017
What. In. The. Name. Of...........
😳😳😳— Snowbird (@snowbird60001) July 23, 2017
GARY!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/c8aBRwlGjO
— john smith (@kyonkun) July 23, 2017
— Spartacus Spooner (@Spartacus_Spoon) July 23, 2017
Just to clarify, this snail doesn't belong to madds and, uh, the snail is banned from the U.S. because it's a threat to our ecosystems. She clarified what she learned about the huge mollusk after she received just a few questions about it.
Hi, friends! I'm getting a lot of questions about this photo so I figured I'd clear some things up.
— madds (@whatmaddness) July 24, 2017
1. This is not me or my pic. Unfortunately the original source has been lost so I cannot give it due credit.
— madds (@whatmaddness) July 24, 2017
2. From what I hear from others who are familiar with it, this was taken in Russia and not the U.S.
— madds (@whatmaddness) July 24, 2017
3. The Giant African Land Snail is pretty devastating for the ecosystem, carries all the pathogens, and is banned in the U.S.
— madds (@whatmaddness) July 24, 2017
4. I usually just tell jokes, but I'm happy to have learned so much about snails today 🐌
— madds (@whatmaddness) July 24, 2017
According to the New York Invasive Species information website, full-grown adult giant African land snails can reach almost 8 inches (20 cm) long and 5 inches (13 cm) in diameter. Although they are often sold and raised as pets in other countries, they are a potential risk to human health because they can carry a parasitic nematode that can cause meningitis.
Just some fun, and not at all scary, snail facts to think about while you try to fall asleep tonight.
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