{"id":1465,"date":"2016-11-08T21:47:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T21:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/need-some-good-news-today-a-mutant-snail-just-found-love-via-twitter.html"},"modified":"2016-11-08T21:47:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T21:47:32","slug":"need-some-good-news-today-a-mutant-snail-just-found-love-via-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/need-some-good-news-today-a-mutant-snail-just-found-love-via-twitter.html","title":{"rendered":"Need some good news today? A mutant snail just found love via Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"


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This day will be a stressful one for many Americans, so naturally we turn to the internet: to paraphrase Homer<\/a>, the cause of and solution to all of life\u2019s problems. Luckily, today brings a heartwarming tale \u2014 or should I say tail?<\/a> \u2014 from across the pond. A mutant snail who once thought hermself alone in the world has found love, thanks to online dating.<\/p>\n

Jeremy, a common garden snail, was like all the other snails except in one important way: it was left-handed. In a snail, that\u2019s a bit more serious a condition than in humans, however: left-handed, or sinistral, snails not only have shells that twist the other way \u2014 counter-clockwise \u2014 but all their organs are on the opposite side of their bodies as well.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an exceedingly rare condition, one in a million perhaps, and because left-handed snails can\u2019t mate with ordinary right-handed ones, it\u2019s basically an involuntary vow of chastity as well. But sometimes, child, miracles do happen. On Twitter.<\/p>\n

The University of Nottingham\u2019s Angus Davison related the plight of young Jeremy in October, spawning the hashtag #snaillove<\/a> and, for some reason or another, capturing the hearts and minds of the UK.<\/p>\n

As #snaillove broadened its reach, it eventually found Jade Sanchez Melton, member of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland<\/a> and owner of Lefty, a rare \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 sinistral garden snail. Essentially, they crowdsourced a match for a particularly difficult bachelor(ette).<\/p>\n

Jeremy, whose joy we can only imagine, has been transported to Lefty\u2019s habitat, and the two will be closely observed by Melton and others:<\/p>\n

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She will be looking for obvious signs of a pairing that would include the presence of so-called \u2018love darts\u2019, sharp spikes made of calcium which snails stab into each other\u2019s bodies during the process of mating, and of course, any eggs resulting from a union.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Even if the two aren\u2019t compatible (though it\u2019s unbecoming to be so picky in a situation like this) there\u2019s a third sinistral snail that may be a potential match. Miguel \u00c0ngel Salom, a snail farmer in Majorca, discovered the left-handed Tomeu during routine shell cleaning duties. I\u2019m not sure whether this match would entail more paperwork in this post-Brexit world, but love is priceless. As are the benefits to conchologists everywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cScientifically speaking, this is something which I believe has never been done,\u201d Melton said in a University of Nottingham news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe citizen science has enabled us to begin on the first step toward understanding why these snails are so rare,\u201d added Davison. \u201cThe contribution of the snail finders has been invaluable \u2013 we would hope that they will be authors in the scientific publication that eventually comes out of this work.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can listen to Dr Davison talk about the whole situation in this BBC podcast<\/a> \u2014 and, of course, keep an eye on #snaillove for the latest updates. ??<\/p>\n

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Featured Image: BBC Radio 4<\/small><\/p>\n

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