[Pil-pc-oceania] Flesh eating snail

[RussGrayson]

On 20/9/07 4:15 PM, "permaculture at apollobay.org.au"
<permaculture at apollobay.org.au> wrote:

> This morning in the garden I encountered the biggest land snail I've ever
> seen!  It was happily frollicking over the swampy area, as it had rained... I
> picked it up, as I wanted to move it to where it wouldn't get squashed.
> 
> Now, I love snails, and as I was thinking about eating this big snail, it
> opened it's mouth, showing it's chitinous teeth and proceeded to eat me!!

>  It didn't have a conical shell ... it was so big! and it
> 
> This snail has distracted me no end...
> 
> Any clues anyone?

>From your description Fern, up here we call those animals tiger snakes.

...Russ