The African Giant Land Snail is endemic to East, Central and Southern Africa and is one of the largest of the world's gastropods though itis seldom ea

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The African Giant Land Snail is endemic to East, Central and Southern Africa and is one of the largest of the world's gastropods though itis seldom eaten by locals other than the pygmies of the Congo rainforest and occassionally by the San of the Kalahari.

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Location: Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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