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When BBC Radio 4's "Material World" announced a search for the UK's top amateur scientist, few anticipated that the winning experiment would involve garden snails. Ruth Brooks posed the intriguing question: Do snails have a homing instinct? Her online diaries captivated the nation as she documented her adventures with these slimy creatures. What began as a quest to eliminate the snails decimating her hostas transformed into a fascinating exploration of snail life. After relocating some of the worst offenders to a distant wood and painting their shells with nail varnish, Ruth discovered they returned home. This sparked an obsession, leading the grandmother-turned-scientist to stealthily collect painted snails during nighttime missions, delve into their surprisingly romantic sex lives, and ultimately submit an application for a national home science competition. With charming illustrations, this narrative is a delightful and humorous investigation into the hidden lives of snails, offering a fresh perspective on the smaller, slower aspects of life.
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A Slow Passion, Ruth Mortimer, Gregory Brooks, Craig Smith
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2021
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- Titel
- A Slow Passion
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Ruth Mortimer, Gregory Brooks, Craig Smith
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2021
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 256
- ISBN10
- 1526640821
- ISBN13
- 9781526640826
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Wissenschaft
- Bewertung
- 4,2 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- When BBC Radio 4's "Material World" announced a search for the UK's top amateur scientist, few anticipated that the winning experiment would involve garden snails. Ruth Brooks posed the intriguing question: Do snails have a homing instinct? Her online diaries captivated the nation as she documented her adventures with these slimy creatures. What began as a quest to eliminate the snails decimating her hostas transformed into a fascinating exploration of snail life. After relocating some of the worst offenders to a distant wood and painting their shells with nail varnish, Ruth discovered they returned home. This sparked an obsession, leading the grandmother-turned-scientist to stealthily collect painted snails during nighttime missions, delve into their surprisingly romantic sex lives, and ultimately submit an application for a national home science competition. With charming illustrations, this narrative is a delightful and humorous investigation into the hidden lives of snails, offering a fresh perspective on the smaller, slower aspects of life.