At 03:41 PM 12/13/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I seem to remember an old article that Estelle Barker had saved about
Tucker Abbott being engaged to control the outbreak, or to find a way
tocontrol the outbreak of the destructive Achatinas.   Someone correct me
if I'm wrong.
>
>Linda

You are right. Tucker did research and published at least two articles on
the giant snail, one in 1948, "The spread and destructiveness of the giant
African land snail *Achatina fulica*, The Nautilus 62: 31-34, another in
1949, "March of the giant African land snail *Achatina fulica*, Natural
History 58 (February): 68-71.

Best wishes,

José
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