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The tragic love life of Jeremy, the world's loneliest snail
In 2016, a retired scientist in London discovered a garden snail with a shell that coiled counterclockwise - the opposite of ...
Snails can hide in their shells for months or even years, slowing metabolism and sealing in moisture to survive harsh ...
A scientific journey that began with a lovelorn snail has provided new information regarding the cause of that snail's rare shell. The lovesick gastropod was a garden snail called Jeremy, named after ...
Ned, bottom, a pale-bodied snail who has a left-spiralling shell pictured with a right-spiralling snail in a small town in the Wairarapa, New Zealand, on Aug. 22, 2025. (Giselle Clarkson via AP) ...
It was huge. Its light brown shell stood taller than the tip of my shoe. Its yellowish-green body stretched about an inch ...
The snail’s shell diameter averages about 22 to 30 millimeters (.87 to 1.18 inches). Each snail’s shell has a unique combination of stripes and colors, so no two are exactly alike. These snails eat ...
One famous snail’s death highlights the plight faced by diverse Hawaiian snails, of which there were once hundreds of species ...
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