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As It Happens listeners might recall a heartbreaking story of loneliness and desire that we recently covered.
It was a segment about a British snail named Jeremy, whose extremely rare, left-spiralling shell ruled out the possibility of mating with most other snails. As Angus Davison, the professor of evolutionary genetics we spoke to at the time put it, "Essentially, their bits are in the wrong position."
Well, that story is now one of sweet, serendipitous (and somewhat slimy) love. Jeremy the snail has found a potential mate named "Lefty."
"I found him crawling up a tree in my partner's garden," Jade Melton tells As It Happens host Carol Off. "I found Lefty before Jeremy was found — so I've had Lefty for quite a long time."
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It was a segment about a British snail named Jeremy, whose extremely rare, left-spiralling shell ruled out the possibility of mating with most other snails. As Angus Davison, the professor of evolutionary genetics we spoke to at the time put it, "Essentially, their bits are in the wrong position."
Well, that story is now one of sweet, serendipitous (and somewhat slimy) love. Jeremy the snail has found a potential mate named "Lefty."
"I found him crawling up a tree in my partner's garden," Jade Melton tells As It Happens host Carol Off. "I found Lefty before Jeremy was found — so I've had Lefty for quite a long time."
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