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International Business Times
International Business Times
World
Etienne Balmer and Caroline Gardin

MYSTERIOUS: Japan s escargot entrepreneur achieves the impossible - You Need To See This

Burgundy snails, typically foraged from woodlands in central and eastern Europe, are being bred in Japan by an entrepreneur who believes he's the only person to have successfully farmed them (Credit: AFP)

Far from Parisian bistros serving up Burgundy snails, one Japanese man has figured out how to farm the slimy species -- a feat that has long eluded the French.

Toshihide Takase, 76, says he is "the only person in the world" breeding this specific delicacy after four decades of trial and error to find the right conditions.

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