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Name! My! Snail!
Through an interesting (and for other folk probably bizarre but for Clan Thalia pretty much business-as-usual) set of circumstances, I am now the proud keeper of a Giant African Land Snail (Achatina sp.)

This is a hermaphrodite mollusc of pleasing appearance (if you don't mind slug-type guys) and placid nature. S/he's about seven inches long when all uncurled and seems to be happy here.
Trouble is, I don't know what to call it.

So folks, here is your chance to bestow a name on a very large snail. Best suggestion wins... well, nothing really, other than the pride of knowing you won. (This is a phenomenon Malabar has noted, that many popular British TV game shows don't actually give prizes to the winners... see, for example, Have I Got News for You, Never Mind The Buzzcocks etc)

A name which fits a boy and a girl both would be choice. Avoid obvious ones like Brian.

Have fun with my snail!


EDIT - in their poll for naming a whale, the best Greenpeace could get is 'Mister Splashy Pants'. I hope we can improve on that!