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Here in minnesota we are having this same dilema. Where can we get snails?


At 02:18 PM 1/5/2005, you wrote:
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>Hello all,
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>The ant conversation is going so well that I wanted to ask a related question.
>
>Do people have a source for land snails in their state?
>
>Land snails (such as the brown garden snail - Helix aspersa), used to be
>available and were incredibly popular in certain elementary science units.
>As of last year, they became regulated, and cannot be distributed
>interstate.
>
>Do people use local suppliers now that they can't be sold by Carolina
>Biological? Have people found other alternatives to the brown garden snail?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Fred
>
>Fred Stein
>Science Educator
>Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry
>3601 Lyon St.
>San Francisco, CA 94123
>(415) 561-0332
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