Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back.

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Have you ever eaten snails? I have eaten them cooked in butter and garlic. You dig the snail out of its shell with a tiny fork, put it on fresh slice of bread and take a bite. They were pretty tasty.