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The rare snail who鈥檚 looking for a mate

A rare garden snail with an anticlockwise shell has been discovered in London. 鈥楯eremy鈥 is known as a 鈥榣efty鈥 as his shell moves in the opposite direction to most snails. However, he is currently struggling to find a mate because he is only compatible with snails who share his 鈥榣efty-ness.鈥

Michael Ratsey, known as the 鈥榮nail man鈥 told 5 live Drive that only 鈥1 in 50,000鈥 snails have anti-clockwise shells.

There is now a campaign underway to find Jeremy a compatible mate.

鈥淚f we get some milder, damp weather people will start looking around and who knows Jeremy might get a mate,鈥 said Michael.

This clip is originally from 5 live Drive on 21 October 2016.

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