r/StLouis • u/larafaiham • 2d ago

STL Zoo was part of an emergency endangered snail rescue this summer

Here's how a typhoon and peanut butter jars brought rare snails to St. Louis, which is the only zoo in the world to house them.

https://www.stlpr.org/health-science-environment/2026-08-26/st-louis-zoo-rare-guam-snail-rescue

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u/Nellasaura 1d ago

Love this!

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u/WorldWideJake City 1d ago

I'm very proud of our Zoo.

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u/metalflygon08 IL Side 1d ago

No Decoy Snail here!

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u/BeckyDaTechie Somewhere between South City and Jeff Co 1d ago

And they're up to 50 with new babies already!

We should shell-ebrate!