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> Movile's only snail suggested that it has been down there for just over 2 million years This is a bit misleading. It should say only species of snail, not a
by shawabawa3 10y ago
> Movile's only snail suggested that it has been down there for just over 2 million years
This is a bit misleading. It should say only species of snail, not a single snail that's been alive for 2 million years
- wernercd 10y agoOf course he's been single for 2 million years... it's not like he could go out and paint the town with the door closed.
- EGreg 10y agoRotifers keep it in their pants for two million years
- jl6 10y agoI don't know, it seems like a valid figure of speech to me. But I would agree that the writing in the article is distractingly amateurish.
- dang 10y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11683260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11683260 and marked it off-topic.
- hinkley 10y agoYou can't trust a snail anyway. They lie... and eat your spinach when you're not looking.