In Thailand, snails have long been seen as creepy pests that ravage crops. Now that a kilo of snail mucus is literally worth more than a kilo of gold, all that has changed. A beauty craze sweeping Asia — rubbing collagen-rich snail excretion on your face — has radically hiked the value of snails. Now everyday people are rushing to set up snail-milking operations to cash in on the craze. The World’s Patrick Winn in Bangkok has more.
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