The Largest Snail on Earth: The Giant African Land Snail (GALS) - Manhiça - Mozambique - Africa

The African giant snail, also called as the giant tiger land snail, is the largest snail from its family. The Giant Ghana snail is native to the forest of Ghana, Africa. Those snails are hermaphrodites, like almost all pulmonate gastropods. The shells of these snails grow s to 18 centimeters of length with a diameter of 9 centimeters, however, there are also bigger examples.
Those snails lives in tropical condition where they do not have natural enemies. Each of those gigantic snails lays up to twelve hundred eggs per year that causing a big problem in natural habitat for the other, normal size snails that we have used to.
The size does matter in this case, the Giant Tiger snail demolish around 500 kinds of plants and they also eat the stucco and paint on buildings. Those things cause that the local tree snails are threatened or to become extinct.
Giant African land snail (GALS) may refer to two genera and three species within the family Achatinidae, a family of unusually large African terrestrial snails.
Achatina, an African snail genus in the family Achatinidae.
The Giant African Snail (Achatina achatina), in the genus Achatina, also known as the Agate Snail or Ghana Tiger Snail, which grows to be the largest land snail on Earth.
The Giant East African Snail (Achatina fulica), in the genus Achatina, a serious agricultural pest in some countries
Archachatina, an African snail genus in the family Achatinidae.
The Giant West African Snail (Archachatina marginata), in the genus Archachatina.

Check this link for amazing pics of Giant African Land Snail:

http://planetoddity.com/the-african-giant-snail-the-largest-snail-on-earth/

This video was recorded in Manhiça - Mozambique - Africa

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[hamzah938]

Snail was afraid to move because he knew the Ant would 'pound' him.

[khanimambobar]

@hamzah938 LOL nice comments

[lexusowner]

how big is it?

[khanimambobar]

@lexusowner so big my friend...

[spitnburn]

giant tiger snails are bigger

[chuckles2much]

Wheres the salt......

[Redclaw3]

@hamzah938 

[MegaXton]

@brirochelle no he is not zooming it is that big i am from africa nigeria there are many like that over there

[brirochelle]

dude you zoomed in on the snail

[Wierdmaskman]

Wow! Achachatina marchantina.....belonging to the achatinae

[amnesiabubble]

@1452364789

slower then u know xD