Chunky European snails may be coming to Australia, with their crazy sexual practices – but all in good time
by Tory Shepherd from Science | The Guardian on (#6T90R)
Farmers seek permission to import live molluscs so they can breed the sexually remarkable hermaphrodites and sell them to restaurants
Frankly, the process has been going at a snail's pace.
In 2019 the Australian government began a risk analysis on bringing European molluscs into the country for breeding and, eventually, eating.
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