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 <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >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 >>> >>> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs >> To leave this list, click on the following web link: >> http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 >> Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and >> click leave the list. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> > >-- >Martin H. Eastburn >@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net >TSRA, Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal. >NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder >IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member. >http://lufkinced.com/ > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >[log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs >To leave this list, click on the following web link: >http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 >Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and >click leave the list. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------