That's a made-up story. Toads can't survive that long in hibernation.

As for snails, they have been transported many times on limestone & marble.
In fact, the U.S. gets snails all the time on tiles & marble products
imported from Italy, Turkey, etc.


On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:15:05 -0500, Martin H. Eastburn
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>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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