Show slow also in death snails are slow even when it comes to dying one well known naturalist who had mounted a shell upon a card was surprised to fand four years later that the warm water employed la soaking the shell off the mount had revived the inmate which he had long since supposed to be dried ani dead several specimens in another callec tion were revived in a similar manner after they had lain in a drawer for some 15 years these had not been glued to a card but had been left lying loose and though frequently handled had shown no signs of life they were thrown into tepid water with the idea of cleaning out the shells but to the surprise of the own er the snails were found creeping about the basin when he returned to complete the task |