Bermuda snail thought to be extinct now thrives after a decade’s effort
Special pods at Chester zoo helped conservationists breed and release more than 100,000 greater Bermuda snailsA button-sized snail once feared extinct in its Bermudian home is thriving again after conservationists...
By Patrick Barkham · The Guardian World
Special pods at Chester zoo helped conservationists breed and release more than 100,000 greater Bermuda snails A button-sized snail once feared extinct in its Bermudian home is thriving again after conservationists bred and released more than 100,000 of the molluscs. The greater Bermuda snail ( Poecilozonites bermudensis ) was found in the fossil record but believed to have vanished from the North Atlantic archipelago , until a remnant population was discovered in a damp and overgrown alleyway in Hamilton, the island capital, in 2014 . Continue reading...