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🗓️ 30 April 2024
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You might have heard a rumor that snails have a big reaction when you pour salt on them. But curator Tim Pearce from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History wants you to know that it’s cruel to do so. And he’ll tell you why!
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1:05.0 | Picture this. It's a warm spring night and you're having dinner with your family in your backyard. |
1:08.7 | Your lemon pasta is pretty tasty but it needs a little something. |
1:13.0 | Pass me the salt, you say to your dad, and as he reaches towards you with the salt, |
1:16.9 | damn, your baby sister knocks the salt shaker out of his hand and down to the ground. |
1:21.6 | You look down and, oh no no the salt landed on a backyard snail. |
1:25.7 | What's a snail even doing in your backyard and is it going to be okay? |
1:29.4 | Angelo had a great question about this. |
1:32.3 | Hi my name is Angela from Rockville, Maryland. |
1:36.0 | My question is what happens to snails when you put salt on them and why? |
1:42.0 | My name is Tim Pierce. I'm curator. put salt on them and why. |
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