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TIL that there is a snail that can sleep for three years. (medium.com)

submitted 2 years ago by garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml

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[–] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

It's me, I'm the snail

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[–] GreyShuck@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

They can sleep for longer. There is the incident of a Egyptian snail that was collected for the British Museum in 1846 - seemingly dead - and which then woke up in 1850.

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