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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: French city moves protected snails one by one to make way for tramway - The Untold Story

An "Escargot de Quimper" (Quimper snail) photographed in Brest, western France. As a protected species, they're being moved one by one to make way for the city's second tramway line. AFP - FRED TANNEAU

In a bid to limit the environmental impact of its second tramway line, the city of Brest in north-west France has begun moving a protected species of snail, "Escargot de Quimper", by hand.

They are small, protected, and in absolutely no hurry to move.

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