Geoff Macaulay wrote:
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> Recently I have found drowning in water,  with a crystal of menthol (from local pharmacist) to anaesthetise, and leave for 24 hours is effective. This seems to relax the animal and sometimes makes getting it out easier.

* it's always been my understanding that this is what's done with land
snails, followed by preservation in buffered dilute formalin, and then
transfer to 75% alcohol. Many land snails are unidentifyable by the
shell alone, so the body is required, along with the shell, for study or
identification.

fred.
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