About toad story, there is a slight possibility of these things to happen. For
instance, the juvenile toad (it was argued so) or a newly hatched able to fit
in can pass and captured when got bigger. For the toad case it is possible
that it can devor insects (ants) by chance found the wall very attractive at
the time (!!). But, for snails it is even more unlikely because the crevice
wouldnt support enough mold etc.

Umit

Alıntı yapılıyor \"Martin H. Eastburn\" <[log in to unmask]>:

> This reminds me of the Toad that was said to be in hibernation for 50
> years
> in a cornerstone.  They built a new court house (or something) and took
> down
> the old one - opened the cornerstone and the toad slowly came to life.
> It was
> a side show by itself and has a resting place of honor back at home.
>
> On the snails - could it not be egg casings that were laid in pores of
> the limestone
> and when the limestone eroded (melted) away or cement cracked off that
> they got
> moisture enough to hatch and come forth.
>
> I think there are desert toads and fish? like that.  Why not mollusks
> as
> well.
>
>
> Martin
>
> aydin wrote:
> > That\'s old news:
> >
> http://snailstales.blogspot.com/2008/08/old-news-about-papillifera-
papillaris.html
> >
> > or: http://tinyurl.com/5o8kch
> >
> > Aydin
> > snailstales.blogspot.com
> >
> > On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:28:08 -0400, Ellen Bulger <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7572553.stm
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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