On 01/07/2010 17:12, kay wrote:
The Radio 4 programme Material World is sponsoring some research into
homing instincts of snails. As part of this, they are looking for people
willing to swap snails with their friends - you both collect snails from
your garden, dab different coloured paint on to their shells, swap
snails, release your friend's snails in your garden, then wait to see if
your snails, released in their garden (and identifiable by different
paint colour on shell) find their way back to your garden.

Click on 'The great Snail swap' link at the bottom of this page:
'BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Material World, 01/07/2010'
(http://tinyurl.com/38o7y8p)




It has all the makings of a great new Disney film.......... there's old
old, wise, slow snail who been round the block a few times and come to
terms with the hardships of life; then there's the young, bouncy, up for
anything, but a bit of a wimp when trouble strikes (he'll be the one
hiding under a leaf when the thrush comes along) and there's theeir slim
sleak and constantly complaining sluggy friend...... All cast adrift in
an alien world, desparate to make their way back to the home and friends
they knew and loved, dealing with adventure and tradgedy along the way....

Sorry - think I've overdosed on the wet stuff from the sky this morning;-)
Jill