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Ned is a perfectly nice snail, but a rare shell means a doomed love life
Ned is among 1 in 40,000 snails with left-coiled shells, causing mating difficulties and inspiring a nationwide campaign to find him a compatible partner.
- In August 2025, New Zealand nature lover Giselle Clarkson found Ned, a rare left-coiled garden snail, in her Wairarapa vegetable patch and launched a campaign to find a mate.
- Ned's shell coils left, a rare trait occurring in about 1 in 40,000 snails, causing misalignment of sex organs that prevents mating with right-coiling snails.
- The campaign follows prior efforts to find mates for left-coiled snails and addresses Ned's likely lifetime celibacy unless another left-coiling snail appears locally due to strict biosecurity.
- Clarkson mentioned that Ned is approximately six months old and has only received photos of right-coiling snails incorrectly thought to be potential mates.
- Although no suitable mates have appeared, Clarkson stays optimistic and said Ned symbolizes hope for all seeking love amidst widespread enthusiasm and support.
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Ned is a perfectly nice snail, but a rare shell means a doomed love life (World)
But he's already exhausted his local options and it's not because he's picky or unappealing. Instead, he's a common garden snail with an uncommon anatomical problem that's ruining his love life. Ned's shell coils to the left, not the right, making him the 1 in 40,000 snails whose sex organs don't li...
Ned is a most pleasant snail. If he had a dating profile, he could put: good listener, stable home, he likes broccoli, he looks for love. But he has already exhausted his options locally and it is not because he is demanding or unattractive. It is a normal garden snail with an unusual anatomical problem that is ruining his love life. Ned’s shell rolls to the left, instead of to the right, which makes him one of the 40,000 snails whose sexual org…
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