I recently defrosted a large bag of snails from the beer refrigerator in
the garage. They (the snails, not the beer) have been in there for 14 years
and are quite freeze-dried. I placed them outside to "soften" but they are
so desiccated that they are still mummified after a month of 90+
temperatures and near 100% humidity. Ants, flies, chipmunks, even the
raccoons won't touch them. I hesitate to "reconstitute" them in water as I
fear they will turn into a putrifying mess. Has anyone any experience with
this situation? We're talking big snails - Busycon, Strombus, etc.


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 G Thomas Watters
 Ohio Biological Survey &
 Aquatic Ecology Laboratory
 Ohio State University
 1315 Kinnear Road
 Columbus, OH 43212 USA
 v: 614-292-6170  f: 614-292-0181
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