The rare snail who’s looking for a mate
A rare garden snail with an anticlockwise shell has been discovered in London. ‘Jeremy’ is known as a ‘lefty’ as his shell moves in the opposite direction to most snails. However, he is currently struggling to find a mate because he is only compatible with snails who share his ‘lefty-ness.’
Michael Ratsey, known as the ‘snail man’ told 5 live Drive that only “1 in 50,000” snails have anti-clockwise shells.
There is now a campaign underway to find Jeremy a compatible mate.
“If we get some milder, damp weather people will start looking around and who knows Jeremy might get a mate,” said Michael.
This clip is originally from 5 live Drive on 21 October 2016.
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