Press Photo Chris Hudson measuring a huge snail found in W. Africa

Snails alive!: At last, Chris Hudson's search for the largest snail in the world is over! And what a whopper it is too! Chris, one of the world's leading experts on snail found Gee Geroninmo in Sierre Leone, in West Africa, and brought him back along with many other specimens if this animal, However, there was trouble ahead for Gee Because his shell casing was damaged during the flight from Africa to England. Young Christopher spend weeks on end dressing the wound and feeding Gee on a special diet. Now, Gee has recovered with activity that is astonishing for such a creature, Gee weighs lib 7ounces,. measures 1ft. 1 inches fully extended and is believed to be about 4 years old. He has already been accepted by the Guinness Book of records, as was his predecessor Geronimo!, who was then the existing record breaker. As a returning to his new home at London Zoo. Photo shows Chris Hudson dressing the injury that Gee Geronimo obtained during his flight from Africa to England last month.

Photo measures 7.5 x 10 inches.

Photo is dated --0000.



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