Reuters: Baseball-sized snail destroyed in Australia to protect crops

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Baseball-sized snail destroyed in Australia to protect crops

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A baseball-sized snail with an insatiable appetite for hundreds of plants including cocoa and papaya has been seized and destroyed by Australian officials, who said it posed a huge threat to local agriculture.<div class="feedflare">
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