World’s largest snail-eating festival: Spain devoured 14,000kg of snails in three days!

Around 15,000 participants gathered in the Spanish city of Lleida for L’Aplec del Caragol for a three-day festival dedicated ...
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Crowds feast at largest snail-eating festival in Spain

Two hundred thousand people gathered in Spain’s Lleida to eat 14,000 kilograms of snails over a three day festival ending on Sunday (May 24), in a celebration that began decades ago among local ...
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Why more people are eating snails as a protein-rich alternative to red meat

In the sun-baked fields of central Tunisia, a growing number of unemployed young men are turning to an unlikely source of income: snail hunting. With traditional job opportunities scarce and food ...
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To save a giant snail, New Zealand targets the non-native critters that eat it

The giant snails of New Zealand are big, slimy, and at risk. Park rangers in New Zealand have spent over a decade trying to save them, and now, they're getting results. In the forests of New Zealand's ...