01-05-2019, 01:43 PM
George, the last Achatinella apexfulva land snail in Hawaii, as well as on planet Earth died on New Years Day, at 14 years old, an impressively long life for a snail. Held in captivity by Hawaii DLNR, restrained in a plastic tray, one wonders, would George have preferred life in the wild? Instead of being trapped, waiting day after day, the minutes slinking away at a snail-like pace, he&she* might instead have enjoyed the spirit of adventure, a quest, waking up** every day with the hope of finding another of his&her* kind. Something to look forward to. Now, like the Menehune, George leaves us here in the islands a little poorer for our collective loss.
https://earther.gizmodo.com/goodbye-geor...1831519639
* he&she was an hermaphrodite
** an uninvestigated assumption that snails sleep
https://earther.gizmodo.com/goodbye-geor...1831519639
* he&she was an hermaphrodite
** an uninvestigated assumption that snails sleep
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