llewelly on Nostr: but how many other snails remained glued to cards in diapause for untold years ...

but how many other snails remained glued to cards in diapause for untold years (decades? centuries? aeons?) , but their diapause unrecognized?

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TIL In 1846, a dead snail was glued to an index card at the British Museum. 4 years later they discovered it was actually still alive. The museum gave the snail a bath and it lived the remaining 2 years in a jar eating cabbage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eremina_desertorum
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