It might not be speedy, but it's big, hungry, and fast at reproducing: the giant African snail, a potential health risk to humans, has once again invaded the southern US state of Florida. Jason Stanley, a biologist with Florida's Department of Agriculture department says, "we're concerned with that being in our environment," given that the giant African land snail greedily "feeds on over 500 different kinds of plants." A single giant African snail can lay up to 2,000 eggs each year, which coupled with its appetite could spell disaster for the state's robust agriculture industry. Florida authorities believe that the snail, native to eastern Africa, was reintroduced to the state when someone brought it home as a pet.

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