US EditionNed the Lefty Snail Has a 1 in 40,000 Shot at a Mate. Cue a Nation-Wide Search
The search aims to find another rare left-coiled snail to enable reproduction, with a 1 in 40,000 chance, highlighting unique reproductive challenges.
Summary by NZ Herald
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It is common for specialists, when it comes to endangered specimens or zoos, to look for such animals to mate so that they have offspring. The unusual thing is that this happened with a snail in New Zealand and even ask the public for help to find a partner. It is the Ned snail, yes, in reference to the left-handed character Ned Flanders of The Simpsons, since it has a very strange genetic condition. When almost all snails have the spirals of th…
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Leaning Left2Leaning Right0Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution67% Left
Bias Distribution
- 67% of the sources lean Left
67% Left
L 67%
C 33%
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