snail

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John Wyatt: The reason we had a snail mail list is because a lot of people at that time didn’t have an email.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Sitting at the workbench in front of a small jet of flame, Vittorio’s son, Davide, shaped a speck of glass into a delicate snail to add to the store’s collection of glass flora and fauna.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

"We are surrounded by some of the rarest animals in the world," says snail keeper Dave Clarke, as we step into a room in the zoo's Tiny Giants invertebrate exhibit.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Like the mussels, it requires “crystal-clear, rock-hard, ice-cold water,” said Robert T. Dillon, a former biology professor who runs the Freshwater Gastropods of North America Project, which inventories snail species.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

She read the pages about the sea urchin, the horseshoe crab, and the moon snail.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen