Okay, so we now know the giants exist.  I'm going to Hawaii later this
month, guess I'll have to look for big snails, if for no other reason that
to keep from hitting them and crashing the rental car.

Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA

--------------------------------------------------
From: "Avril Bourquin" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:30 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: [CONCH-L] Achatina fulica - anyone seen a giant?

> See Honolulu's Wicked Willey Video at:
> http://www.honoluluzoo.org/african_land_snail.htm
>
> Shell length:  8.07 inches (20.5 cm)
> Fully extended length:  12.25 inches (31.1 cm)
> Weight range:  1 lb.5oz to 1 lb. 8oz (598 to 704 g)
>
> Avril Bourquin
>
> URLS:
> http://www.manandmollusc.net/
> http://www.directory.manandmollusc.net/molluscs/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Thomas Eichhorst
> Sent: February 3, 2010 2:48 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Achatina fulica - anyone seen a giant?
>
> But the image accompanying such a claim always shows the living animal
> stretched out.  I'll bet the 8 inch mark is shell plus animal.
>
> Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA (snowing outside, woodstove cranked up)
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Andrew Grebneff" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 2:27 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:      Re: [CONCH-L] Achatina fulica - anyone seen a giant?
>
>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Frederick W. Schueler <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>> Harry G. Lee wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear Andrew, 230 mm???!!!
>>>
>>> * didn't Prof Huxley say something about taking a datum such as this
>>> every morning before breakfast, in order to reorganize your mind?
>>
>>
>> I have read more than once (not by rereading the same item) that max
>> lemgth is 8-9".
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Andrew Grebneff
>> Dunedin
>> New Zealand
>> Fossil preparator
>> Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fan
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs
>> To leave this list, click on the following web link:
>> http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1
>> Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and
>> click leave the list.
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs
> To leave this list, click on the following web link:
> http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1
> Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and
> click leave the list.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs
> To leave this list, click on the following web link:
> http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1
> Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and
> click leave the list.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>

----------------------------------------------------------------------
[log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs
To leave this list, click on the following web link:
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1
Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and
click leave the list.
----------------------------------------------------------------------