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‘Observologists’ search New Zealand to give rare snail a chance at love
‘Observologists’ search New Zealand to give rare snail a chance at love
From a little garden in New Zealand, comes a lonely snail looking for love.
Ned is ying to another mollusc’s yang, but finding a match for him has become a nationwide effort.
That is because Ned’s shell spirals left, while almost all other snails have right spiraling shells. It’s a one in 40,000 genetic condition among the common corno espersum, or garden snail, and it means Ned’s reproductive organs don’t line up with most others.