Following up on a recent BB post about therapeutic snake massages and hypothetical invertebrate slime facials — ladies and gentlemen, I present to you this Spanish-language television ad touting the beauty-enhancing properties of SLUG SNOT.
Baba de Caracol translates, more or less, to "snail slobber," and it is no joke. Es como magia. Link.
But, caution: BoingBoing reader Jeff Veit has a word of advice for slimestheticians. When you're done with your slug facial, DO NOT EAT THE SLUG.
I am reminded of the bloke who almost died of meningitis caused by slug sushi. If you prefer your stories without that extra spiced-up topping, The Medical Journal of Australia originally reported this.
Apparently, some in Chile also believe snail slime cures coughs: Link (thanks, Jamie).
Previously:
Reader comment: Jennifer Forman Orth says,
I think the source of that nasty, "exotic" Chilean stuff is just the common European brown garden snail, Helix aspersa. People farm them in Chile and sell them back to Europe. Guess they found a use for all of that leftover slime. Bleah.
Mario says,
You don't have to go to Chile for watching a commercial selling Baba de Caracol… Just watch any Spanish spoken local TV station here in the US (usually late at night) and you'll see the same ads selling you all type of products based on Snail slobber.
Even US generated CNN en Español runs such ads.
These ads usually show a toll free number and accept major US credit cards…
