How to extract a snail from its shell:
How to extract a snail from its shell:
1. Findand collect snails in the field
2. Placesnail in an airtight container filled to the brim with water and leavesubmerged for a day.
3. Removewater and examine it under microscope for anything that might have been shed bythe snail.
4. Submergesnail in 75% ethanol for another day.
5. Removeday-old ethanol; replenish container with fresh ethanol and leave for another day.
6. Snailmantle should be completely out of its shell by now. Hold snail by mantle andextract meat from shell by slowly twisting it in a corkscrew-like motion.
7. Ifsnail is still not quite out of its shell, place in ethanol for another day or soand try to extract it again.
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