Thursday, May 9, 2013

Houston braces for giant snail invasion

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Houston braces for giant snail invasion

Houston, we have a problem. A giant African land snail has been spotted in a Houston garden and residents are being warned to stay away from it and to watch out for others.
Texas station KPRC reports that the slow-moving menaces are sometimes carriers of a life-threatening meningitis. It “can cause a lot of harm to humans and sometimes even death”, Autumn Smith-Herron, director of the Institute for the Study of Invasive Species at Sam Houston State University, told the NBC affiliate.read full article: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013%5C05%5C09%5Cstory_9-5-2013_pg9_1

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