Yet, in many other parts of Nigeria, the snail is a delicacy, highly prized due to its rich, collagen-heavy mucus, which some cosmetic firms now consider more valuable than gold.

Due to its African rain forest origin, it is commonly seen and is best suited for snail farming in Nigeria. There are other snails types like Achatina Fulica and Achatina Achatinas which are ...

Passenger stopped by airport customs for bringing Giant African Snail back from her trip to Nigeria. Wednesday, November 16, 2022. Watch Eyewitness News and ABC13 originals around the clock.

Take it or leave it, Nigeria is a big fish in all ramifications in the world over and particularly in Africa. To push that nation aside is to break the arm you are using to push it.

ATLANTA - The Atlanta airport’s so-called "Beagle Brigade" found a stash of prohibited items coming in from overseas including a massive invasive snail, which agricultural officials consider ...

Another eradication of the snail happened in 2021 from a detection that came a decade earlier in Miami-Dade County. The snails were also found in June last year in Pasco County, in the Tampa Bay area.

France is an obvious destination but there is also a demand for snails in nearby Nigeria as well as Germany, Spain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

Giant African snail is a major agricultural pest that may carry rat lungworm, a parasite that causes meningitis in humans & animals. Call 888-397-1517 ...