Snails Migrate? In mass?

Migration reduces cars to a snail's pace

Of course there were “environmentalists” who said it was a sign of climate change. Jeesh!

The whole article is rather short:

Stuttgart - Hundreds of migrating snails caused a six-car pile-up as 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.

"Cars were crushing the snails and the slime was making the road so slippery that people started skidding all over the place," said one driver.

"It was like something from a horror film."

I’ll have to keep my eyes open for the next mass migration of flocks of snails. (You know “flocks” just doesn’t sound right here. Maybe “slips” or the French “escargot” of snails? No, that last is redundant.)

(h/t to Jungle Trader.)