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Snails trail "horror"

Hundreds of migrating snails caused a six-car pile-up at they swarmed across a busy dual carriageway in Germany. Police and rescue chiefs had to close the road for several hours while crushed and surviving snails were scraped off the tarmac. Environmentalists believe the mass migration could have been an indicator of climate change as the snails sought a more suitable habitat.

Six cars were damaged as they slid across the B14 A-Road near Stuttgart. One driver said: “Cars were crushing the snails and the slime was making the road so slippery that people started skidding all over the place. Motorists had to stop and try to pick their way through the snails. It was like something from a horror film.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .