Also known as the Polynesian tree snail or niho tree snail ... In 1967, the French Polynesian government allowed the giant African land snail to be imported and used as a human food source ...

The giant East African snail, (Achatina fúlica), listed among the world’s top 100 invasive species, extremely voracious and which can transmit deadly diseases to humans has been found in empty ...

For the first time in nearly 40 years, researchers have discovered adult Polynesian tree snails that were ... non-native African giant land snails to be brought to the islands to provide food ...

The giant African snails, which were alive ... They have an affinity for devouring plants, produce, flowers, tree bark, and even the paint and stucco off houses. The gastropods also carry ...