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| Previously thought to be extinct species of snails set free on island |
| 2024-12-29 |
| [GEO.TV] About 1,329 pea sized critically endangered snails bred in a zoo have been set free on a remote Atlantic island to roam as they please. "Where are they? I don't see no daggone snails!" "They bolted, soon as we opened the cage!" The release of the snails brings back two species of Desertas Island land to the wild. Before this, these kinds of snails were thought to be extinct — neither of the species were spotted for a century, as per BBC. It all changed when a team of conservationists found a small population of the snails living on the rocky cliffs of Deserta Grande Island, near Madeira and prepared for a rescue effort. A home was created for them in a converted shipping container after the snails were brought to the zoos of the UK, France as well as the Chester Zoo. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Attack of the pea sized snails. next month on Netflix |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-12-29 20:47 |
| #2 What do they taste like? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-12-29 09:40 |
| #1 "Unfortunately, the island is covered in salt..." |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-12-29 07:40 |