Sandie Seward
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Snail hides from march of historyA colony of Mediterranean snails has been found in the UK at Cliveden House, where they have lived in marble-wrapped secrecy for a century.
The snails - of species papillifera papillaris - apparently came from Italy in a balustrade bought by a former owner of the Buckinghamshire mansion.
There are thought to be several hundred of the 11mm-long snails at Cliveden.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7572553.stm
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