This giant snail that looks like a rabbit will give you nightmares

Hello, welcome. We have something that'll creep you out.

This is a giant African land snail and it has come to scare your pants off.

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Twitter user madds posted this picture of someone holding the giant snail that scarily resembles a rabbit, and we don't know how to feel about it.

One half of us can't help but love this thing. The other half? It wants to cry.

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Like us, Twitter users had mixed feelings about the humungous creature and really didn't even know where to begin.

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Just to clarify, this snail doesn't belong to madds and, uh, the snail is banned from the U.S. because it's a threat to our ecosystems. She clarified what she learned about the huge mollusk after she received just a fewquestions about it.

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According to the New York Invasive Species information website, full-grown adult giant African land snails can reach almost 8 inches (20 cm) long and 5 inches (13 cm) in diameter. Although they are often sold and raised as pets in other countries, they are a potential risk to human health because they can carry a parasitic nematode that can cause meningitis.

Just some fun, and not at all scary, snail facts to think about while you try to fall asleep tonight.

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