Endangered pea-sized snails bred by UK zoo are set free on Atlantic island | ITV News

Tiny snails, thought to be critically endangered, have been saved from extinction after more than 1,300 born at a UK zoo were taken back to their home on an Atlantic Island.

The Desertas Island land snail, which is about the size of a pea, was believed to have gone extinct after no sightings were recorded for more than a century.

Read more: https://www.itv.com/news/2024-12-28/pea-sized-snails-thought-to-be-extinct-set-free-on-atlantic-island

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