Cyril Ruoso / Giant African land snail (Achatina sp) on twig, South East Cameroon, July 2008.

Cyril Ruoso / Baka child holding a Giant African land snail (Achatina sp) South East Cameroon, July 2008.

Adrian Davies / Giant African land snail (Achatina fulica) Barbados. Invasive pest species.

Adrian Davies / Giant African land snail (Achatina fulica) Barbados. Invasive pest species.

Bernard Castelein / Narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata) feeding on Giant African land snail. Kirindy Forest, Madagascar.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Giant African land snail (Achatina fulica) Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Kristel Richard / Three Giant African Land Snails (Achatina fulica) on wooden boards in the rain, Mahe, Seychelles, May

MYN / Joris van Alphen / Giant African land snail (Lissachatina fulica) native to East Africa, pantropically invasive, photographed in Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Cyril Ruoso / Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica), southern Madagascar

Mark Carwardine / Giant African land snail (Achatina sp) close up of eye stalks, captive, from tropical forests East africa

Nick Upton / Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica) on a branch. Guandu, Taiwan, September.

Edwin Giesbers / Giant African land snail (Achatina fulica) camouflaged on palm frond, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Vincent Grafhorst / Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica), Kirindy Forest, Madagascar

Vincent Grafhorst / Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica), Kirindy Forest, Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / Giant African Land Snail (Achatina sp) group on platter, Atewa Range, Ghana

John Cancalosi / Boy observing Giant african land snail {Achatina marginata} captive, England

Piotr Naskrecki / Giant African Land Snail (Achatina sp) pair mating, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Giant African Land Snail (Lissachatina fulica), Kruger National Park, South Africa

John Cancalosi / Boy observing Giant African land snail (Achatina fulica), England, UK. Captive. Model released

Nick Hawkins / An invasive giant African land snail (Achatina fulica) in cloud forest, Choco region, Northwestern Ecuador.