‘Extinct’ snails return to Tahiti in largest wildlife reintroduction ever

Mongabay
Apr 28, 2023, 2:58 pm158 pts
The Polynesian tree snail, a tiny mollusk about the size of an aspirin pill, used to be found in abundance on Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia. But about 30 years ago, the little snail was eaten out of existence by two larger snails — the giant African land snail (Lissachatina fulica) and the…

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