Australia considers importing garden snails
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Farmers hope to learn next year whether importing live garden snails will be permitted.
C aspersum is the common garden snail found all over Australia , probably brought here on boats more than a century ago .
The farmers want to bring over the bigger European version to start breeding programs here.
They would then provide snail meat (the escargot) and snail eggs to restaurants.
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