Ned the snail has a one in 40,000 look. That’s a big problem for his love life
Ned faces a lifetime of unintentional celibacy, unless another 'lefty' snail can be found
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New Zealand launches campaign to find love for rare and lonely left-spiralling snail Ned
Nearly all common garden snails have shells that coil to the right but Ned the snail’s left-spiralling shell results in reversed reproductive organs – a barrier to mating
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