Five of Housing’s Worst (and Weirdest) Animal Infestations

Think your callbacks are bad? Check out the nightmarish situations homeowners have faced from a variety of wild creatures.

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Giant Snails Terrorize Miami Homeowners

These aren’t your average garden snail: Giant African land snails grow as long as 8 inches, chew through plaster and stucco, and sometimes carry a parasite that can infect humans with a nonlethal strain of meningitis.

Although mostly eradicated now, the slimy creatures grossed out Florida residents a few years ago, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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Jennifer Goodman

Jennifer Goodman is a former editor for BUILDER. She lives in the walkable urban neighborhood of Silver Spring, Md.

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