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Picnic Baskets Filled with Giant African Snails Seized at LAX

Aleksander Chan · 07/14/14 07:50PM

Sixty-seven live giant African snails were discovered in two picnic baskets at the Los Angeles International Airport earlier this month. The snails, which collectively weighed 35 pounds, were sent from Lagos, Nigeria, to a person in San Dimas, Ca., and were apparently intended for human consumption.