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Watch: Rare snail lays an egg from its neck

There’s no doubt about it – animal reproduction can get downright bizarre. Nature doesn’t always follow the rules we expect, and sometimes it veers straight into the realm of the absurd. Take, for ...
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Rare Snail Captured on Camera for the First Time Laying an Egg Through Its Neck

The Powelliphanta augusta snail was undergoing a routine weight check when an egg appeared from its neck Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE ...
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A rare New Zealand snail is filmed for the first time laying an egg from its neck

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — (AP) — The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been ...
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Rare Snail Caught Laying Egg Through Its Neck, in Scientific First

The miracle of life can be majestic at times. Other times, it’s an incredibly rare snail in New Zealand having kids out of its neck hole. In a first, officials at New Zealand’s Department of ...
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A rare New Zealand snail is filmed for the first time laying an egg from its neck

In this image made from video, a Powelliphanta augusta snail lays an egg from it's neck at the Hokitika Snail Housing facility, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in Hokitika, New Zealand. (Lisa Flanagan/New ...
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Rare Snail Captured on Camera for the First Time Laying an Egg Through Its Neck

What came first, the snail or the egg? New footage of a rare New Zealand snail laying an egg from its neck for the first time is now picking up steam online, and it's not happening at a snail's pace.