Pet Snails? <3

[Sylph]

I know all about the Achatina (Giant Snail) Species that reside both in and outside of Africa. They are pretty big, the largest being about the size of a small cat or so. The most common being Achatina Fulica, especially in the UK.

I have no clue what makes them so big, but alot of things in Africa are big, so why not the snails too? :p .

They say islands, especially un-inhabited ones, usually have larger animals, such as lizards and what not, due to the fact that before the trend of importation, there weren't enough large apex predators on these islands, so smaller species grew bigger. This is probably the case for the Achatina species, but I don't know exactly.

Take for instance the Kakapo located on a island near or in New Zeland. Before cats and other predators, it was and still is a very large flightless bird, similar to the Dodo, Parrot & Owl, but now has to be protected, because they have no defense against predators, other than trying to run away or struggle. They are very docile and you can hold them, which is why they were killed easily, you can just go up to one and pick it up and walk away with it. They were barely brought back from extinction and still retain their hefty size, much like the Achatina snail species.

Kakapo