When in doubt use a large bag, fill it half full of water and
half full of air, add an ice bag and ship the zippity option.

That is about what I did... half water, half air, fast shipping, ice packs...

I am thinking maybe too many ice packs, because she said the water was very cold. Although
I did put them in and out of the fridge to lower the water temp slowly before packing
them... so it would induce a type of hibernation or stasis... but obviously I didn't lower
the temp enough.

Thanks for the suggestions and the prompt answer! I will try again, this time with less
icepacks (the post office said 2 days was "NOT guaranteed" so I wanted to make sure they
didn't cook in the Texas heat). Maybe a bigger bag, and more water, and more air.

DeAnna
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"Ka30P" wrote in message
...

I zipped by a message and thought I got
the gist of it, on snails and water or air, then
got into the creationist thread, clicked on
the wrong button and crashed. (In the beginning
there was water, then God created land and all
the trouble began... hey, it rhymes!)
Anyway!
Some snails breath air, they come up to the surface,
load up on a lungful of air and head back down again.
Some snails 'breath' water. They have a gill that extracts
oxygen from the water.
The trick is knowing which snail you have (when shipping)
the best resource to ID snails that I have found to date is
my favorite little Golden Book PONDS. B&N usually carries
it but it is not being printed anymore. But thanks to the
internet B&N always has a listing for all the used bookstores
that carry it.
When in doubt use a large bag, fill it half full of water and
half full of air, add an ice bag and ship the zippity option.


kathy :-)
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