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Snails as large as rats have invaded parts of Florida, and despite their appearance - these things are capable of some real damage!

Their official name is Giant African land snails, and more than 117,000 have been found since late 2011 - with over a thousand more found each week!

And unlike another problem Florida had in the past - you can't fix this one with a recount!

Here's what one concerned resident said:

Tags: eating, florida, giant, house, snail, thousands

As humans continue to pour carbon dioxide into the ozone, the ocean is paying a price.

And it's not just the polar ice caps that are feeling the pain — snails, mollusks, and corals are crippling too.

The pH level of the ocean is steadily becoming more acidic, at a rate of 0.1 percent per century.

This is the highest it has been in over 300 MILLION years!

The pteropod marine snail is dissolving as we speak, as the ocean's supply of aragonite wears thin in the Anarctic.

These snails use aragonite to create their shells. CO2 dissolves in water, forming carbonic acid which is breaking down all the argonite.

The same will happen to corals and mollusks; they use carbonate but this compound is disappearing too.

While aragonite is plentiful in most of the ocean, there are areas where it is completely gone!

Poor snails! We HAVE to lower our carbon dioxide emissions!!!!

RIGHT NOW!!!!

[Image via Google.]

Tags: anarctic ocean, animals, carbon dioxide, dissolving, global warming, ocean, sad, snail

Ever wanted to know what rain looks like to a insect (or snail)?

We have a guess…we think something like "WHAT IS THIS LIQUID DEATH ALL AROUND ME" creeps into these little critters minds.

Lucky, these bugs can adapt…we think…LOLz!

Check out these super AMAZEBALLS pics (below) of insects singing in the rain!

[Image via Mavrix Online.]

Tags: ant, butterfly, insects, photos, rain, snail

National Geographic has now given us another reason to be afraid of the ocean… SNAILS!!

The Cone Snail to be exact.

The killer Cone Snail has a harpoon like body part filled with a toxin so complex, there's no anti-venom.

Check out the above video to see it kill and eat an entire huge fish!

Tags: cone snail, fish, nat geo, national geographic, nature, ocean, scary, snail, venom