The giant African snail can reach a length of 33 centimetres (13 inches). It uses its tongue to scrape off bits of leaves to eat.
Going under
Going under Results of a 3 year study conducted by the Hadley
Centre, part of Britain's Meteorological Office in Bracknell, UK,
indicate that sea levels are set to rise and wipe out several
island nations, regardless what action is taken to halt global
warming. The worst news is that whatever governments do to cut
emissions, sea levels will rise by at least 2 metres over the next
few hundred years. This will flood hundreds of islands in the
Pacific and the Indian Ocean. 30 OCTOBER 1999, P. 5
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