one two three and their off….

Hyde Park snail races
A snail race which attracted 40 starters raised money for the Parents Without Partners Association in Sydney’s Hyde Park on October 6, 1975. The snails raced over a one metre track described as cold and hard, with a lettuce leaf placed as a lure just past the finish line. The previous year [...]

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feast of snails ohhh my

A CurtainUp London Review
The Feast of Snails
by Lizzie Loveridge
Feast of Snails
Menu
Aperitif (Cognac Napoleon X)
Truffle buns
Escargot de Bourgogne (Montrachet 1978)
Icelandic Snails (Muscat Beaume de Venise)
American Snails (Pinot Noir. William Selyem, Olivet Lane, 1995)
German snails (Chilled Vermouth)
Indian Snails and Lobster Tails in Puff Pastry (La Tache 1959)
Chocolate Snails
Coffee
Cognac
a review [...]

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should add this to the feast lol

Easy Marshmallow Snails
Easy Marshmallow Snails is a recipe from Kraftfoods.com . I made the snails using lime jello but the poor snails did not have any antennaes. The picture in the front is made with grape jello and the one on the left is with raspberry jello [...]

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thanks jim

 

For the first time, scientists have found a way to mesh neurons from snail brains with tiny electronic transistors, creating mechanical chips that “speak” to each other.
Oct 25, 2006 Time for another edition of “Science Marches On” … clomp-clomp-clomping right over our sense of human uniqueness, and maybe over our [...]

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from the blog snails eye view thanks snail!!

Snail trailers
Snails have never been big in the movies. Oh yeah, there was Dr Doolittle’s giant pink snail. That was big. Literally. But apart from that one, where are the gastropod monster movies? Where’s Snailzilla? Attack of the Killer Snails? Night of [...]

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