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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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"The world is my oyster except for months with an 'R' in them" - Firesign
Theater
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he
has to buy a license" - GTW
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