Gould, who died in 2002, also provided a record of the near extinction of the greater Bermuda land
snail species, after he had earlier found thousands of live
snails when he visited Bermuda in the 1960s.
He told The Daily Star that the festival was intended to showcase the
snail's flexibility as an ingredient and encourage restaurants to consider using
snails as an alternative to more traditional meat.
In Nigeria, the Hausa tribe calls African giant
snail Dodon Kodiin Hausa, while the Igbo community and Yorubas call it Ejula and Igbin respectively.
Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Biomphalaria pfeifferi
snails are freshwater intermediate hosts for Schistosoma mansoni blood flukes, which cause intestinal schistosomiasis (1).
'It would be a great discovery if our micro mollusks in Argao would be proven to be the smallest
snail in the world,' Rosales said.
She said: "We have ideal conditions for
snail farming in Ireland - just look in your own back garden.
For
snail food, the edge of the pen is sown with white clover, followed by chicory, beets or brassicas such as chard.
The giant African land
snail is the biggest land
snail in the world.
Of the
snails kept at 90% RH, 70% survived the 30 days of the experiment: one
snail died on day 13, and two
snails died on day 21.
Due to the public health and nutritional importance of the
snails in Nigeria and Enugu State in particular, this study was carried out to identify the edible terrestrial
snail fauna of Ugwueme community in Enugu State Nigeria and their associated parasites.
However, Glanzman's experiment is still highly controversial as many believe that the human brain is much more complex than those of the
snail's and we may not find similar associations such as memory transfer.
Inspired by the best-selling picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, audiences can join a tiny
snail on her trip round the world in this magical musical production set to tour the UK.